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Author Archives: Luke Erly

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The Modern Problems of an Ancient University with Dr. Matt Williams

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The Mystery of Antinous: Roman Beauty at its Finest

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Radcliffe Camera, a cylindrical library in central Oxford, is pictured centrally among the Oxford skyline, as taken from University Church
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by Luke Erly October 30, 2025October 30, 2025
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Mashing English Footballing Failure with 18th-Century Composer Beef: Inside Samuel Oliver-Sherry’s Musical Mind

by Luke Erly October 26, 2025October 26, 2025

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“Are they safe, or dangerously codependent? Is this life, paradoxically within and without heteronormativity, sustainable? Is this real girlhood? Is this enough?” Aimee Dixon reviews…

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The Exportation of British Misogyny

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