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Author Archives: Isabel Valovin

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5 Years of The Blue

by Timothy Blackburn, Leon Moorhouse, Eric Balonwu, Isabel Valovin and Louis Treasure March 3, 2025March 6, 2025
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5 Years of The Blue: A Letter from the Editors-in-Chief

by Eric Balonwu, Isabel Valovin and Louis Treasure February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
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‘New Year, (not so) New Me’

by Isabel Valovin December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
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Why we must remember Ukraine: interviewing the Kobzar Armada Ensemble

by Isabel Valovin December 16, 2024December 24, 2024
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The power of a women’s only running club: an interview with Oxford Girls Running

by Isabel Valovin November 30, 2024November 30, 2024
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How Cultural Identity Shapes National Sports

by Isabel Valovin November 5, 2024November 4, 2024
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Beyond the Boat: Inside rowing at Oxford with Lenny Jenkins

by Isabel Valovin September 24, 2024April 15, 2025
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Key events to watch and rising stars to follow

by Isabel Valovin July 30, 2024September 21, 2024

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Isabel Valovin Jan 20, 2026 18 min read
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Elana Roberts explores the importance, impact and limitations of COP30, which took place in Brazil. She first traces the historic significance of COPs before interviewing…

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The House of Lords by William Morrison Wyllie (1820–1895), Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons My grandmother died in 2020. At the end of her life,…

The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

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“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

Snow

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