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Author Archives: Laura Norris

I'm Laura, an (almost) second year studying English and Spanish at Magdalen College! Currently, I'm a Columnist and a Junior Opinions Editor with the Blue.

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Ay Up! Make Some Room Fer Us: “All roads lead away from home”

by Laura Norris December 13, 2021December 13, 2021
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Ay Up, Make Some Room Fer Us! Started Early, Took My Sister

by Laura Norris October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
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Needles, Werther’s Originals, and Me

by Laura Norris September 22, 2021September 22, 2021
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Ay Up! Make Some Room Fer Us: Hurt People Hurt People

by Laura Norris August 21, 2021August 21, 2021
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Ay Up, Make Some Room Fer Us!: “Why Be Normal When You Can Be Happy?”

by Laura Norris July 28, 2021July 28, 2021
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Meet The Columnists! Part One

by Jacob Reid, Sophie Benbelaid, Oliver Buckingham and Laura Norris July 17, 2021July 20, 2021
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Slipping through the net

by Laura Norris March 9, 2021March 9, 2021

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Laura NorrisOct 31, 20256 min read
A picture of the bust of Antinous in The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

“To be a Greco-Roman was to be involved in the myth of Antinous, the most famous Greek of his era.” Luke Erly explores the history…

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Radcliffe Camera, a cylindrical library in central Oxford, is pictured centrally among the Oxford skyline, as taken from University Church

The Conference of Common Rooms met in the HB Allen Centre on the night of Tuesday 28 October to discuss the next round of Oxford…

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Laura NorrisOct 30, 20253 min read
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“I was just as confused as you all when I saw who the opponents were for this fixture, but yes, this is indeed correct.” Genesis…

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Laura NorrisOct 29, 20254 min read
A vibrant green forest with a sloping ground.

Oxford’s woodlands provide a refuge from academic life, but also function as a resource for scientific study. Hannah Smith explores how Wytham Woods, Oxford’s most…

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