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Author Archives: Lucy Pollock

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Love Letters: Grey Hair

by Lucy Pollock May 11, 2025May 11, 2025
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‘Oxford for Trans Rights’ Protestors Parade the City

by Esther Boon, Lucy Pollock and Isabelle Rothwell April 29, 2025May 3, 2025
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Love Letters: Goodbye Hilary!

by Lucy Pollock March 23, 2025March 23, 2025
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Love Letters: Room Ballot

by Lucy Pollock March 9, 2025March 9, 2025
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Love Letters: Imposter

by Lucy Pollock February 23, 2025February 23, 2025
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Love Letters: Halfway There! 

by Lucy Pollock February 16, 2025February 16, 2025
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Love Letters: The Coffee House

by Lucy Pollock February 9, 2025February 9, 2025
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Love Letters: Fire!

by Lucy Pollock February 2, 2025February 2, 2025
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Love Letters: 2025

by Lucy Pollock January 26, 2025January 26, 2025
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To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Lucy Pollock Nov 30, 2025 5 min read
Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

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China remained shrouded in mystery to the West from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until the 1970s. In 1972, US…

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

Lucy Pollock Nov 28, 2025 6 min read
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Creditors at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

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