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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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