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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
Posted inOpinion

Starmer could take some advice from Mary Poppins on tax

by Louis Treasure August 31, 2024September 1, 2024
Posted inOpinion

The Podcast-ification of Politics: The Rest is Podcasts?

by Louis Treasure June 12, 2024June 14, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 7 – Ghana passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill, France enshrines abortion, and controversy in Pakistan

by Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell, Louis Treasure, Eric Balonwu and Nick Marshall March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 6 – Gaza vote, strained Poland-Ukraine relations, and Modi’s renewed Indian diplomacy

by Eric Balonwu, Louis Treasure, Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell and Nick Marshall February 26, 2024February 28, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Outside OX1 Week 5 – Navalny dies, Greece legalizes gay marriage, and protests in India

by Louis Treasure, Tiffany You, Emi Tanimoto and Nick Marshall February 19, 2024December 29, 2024
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How has immigration pushed Europe to the right?

by Louis Treasure February 17, 2024February 17, 2024
Posted inOutside OX1

Outside OX1 Week 4 – Putin interviewed, another Labor U-turn, and Messi stirs anger

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 3 –Red Sea crisis, Northern Ireland’s first nationalist leader, and Ukraine-born Miss Japan

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 8, 2024February 8, 2024

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I have now finished my long eight-day stint of shifts. In the next few days off that I have, I look forward to utilising my…

Braids: How do they represent us?

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