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Author Archives: Isolde Sellin

Black and white image of Magna Lykseth in Tristan and Isolde.
Posted inIdentity

The Game of the Name

by Isolde Sellin January 26, 2025January 26, 2025
Drawing of Radcliffe Camera in Bubble - Outside OX1 cover image
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 1 – Ceasefires, Conferences, and New Far-Right Leaders

by Nick Marshall, Katarina Harrison-Gaze, Isabel Martinez de Rituerto and Isolde Sellin January 24, 2025February 4, 2025
Palestine protestors on the Rad Cam
Posted inOxford News

Breaking: OA4P protestors occupy the Radcliffe Camera

by Isolde Sellin and Eric Balonwu January 24, 2025January 25, 2025
From left to right, the image shows Germany's Chancellor candidates in 2025: Olaf Scholz (SPD), Robert Habeck (Greens), Friedrich Merz (CDU), and Alice Weidel (AfD)
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Unpopular: Germany’s Disliked Chancellor Candidates

by Isolde Sellin January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Posted inFeatures

Two For Joy

by Isolde Sellin December 3, 2024December 3, 2024

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On 27 January 2026, the Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight than it ever had before. With only 85 seconds until the stroke of midnight…

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