• Oxford News
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Sports
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • The Blueprint
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Wine Waffle
    • Beyond the Bubble
    • Love Letters
    • Musings of a Media Lover
    • Beyond the Footnotes
    • Heal Between the Lines
    • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
    • Objectifying Oxford
    • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
    • Your College Auntie
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Freshers’ Guides
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • 5 Years of The Blue
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
The Oxford Blue

The Oxford Blue

Oxford University's independent newspaper | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020..

  • Oxford News
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Sports
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • The Blueprint
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • Columns
    • Wine Waffle
    • Beyond the Bubble
    • Love Letters
    • Musings of a Media Lover
    • Beyond the Footnotes
    • Heal Between the Lines
    • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
    • Objectifying Oxford
    • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
    • Your College Auntie
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Freshers’ Guides
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
    • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • 5 Years of The Blue
  • Alumni – can you help us?

Author Archives: Maciej Nowakowski

Apart from applying his linguistics, Maciej is an avid writer with a keen eye on sport, media and culture. Much of his work uncovers stories from understudied parts of the world, as his latest published entries fro the Oxford History Review include stories highlighting contexts such as Georgia, Rwanda, and the Ivory Coast.

Posted inCulture

TYRON Review

by Maciej Nowakowski February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

Popular Posts

  • Hands holding a phone, clicking on the TikTok app icon
    TikTok and the Death of the Attention Span 
  • Why I refuse to wear the red remembrance poppy
  • “Music today is worse than it was in the past”: The Debate
  • Holding Sylvia Plath accountable
  • The Legacy of Studio Ghibli
  • Thrifting 101: A Guide to Oxford’s Charity Shops
  • Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay
    Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq
  • Maneater: why the ‘femme fatale’ is more destructive than empowering
  • Everything You Need to Know about the Schwarzman Centre
  • Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: A Guide to “Keeping it Casual”

The Intermediary: On Parisian Heists and Cinematic Self-Parody

Maciej Nowakowski Nov 11, 2025 6 min read
An image of a Roman bridge over the Rubicon river

“If all else fails, Quentin Tarantino will have a crack at it, ensuring that, of course, the plotters are barefoot throughout…” Amelie Roscoe discusses the…

Talk of the Gown: The Best Kebab Van in Oxford

Maciej Nowakowski Nov 11, 2025 6 min read
A typical kebab van with a customer standing outside.

“Kebab vans are a crucial part of university and nightlife culture here at Oxford. But which one is the best, what are people’s favourite orders,…

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

Maciej Nowakowski Nov 10, 2025 13 min read
Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

The Editor’s Note Welcome back to this week’s edition of Outside OX1! With term half-way over already, the deadlines are coming through thick and fast…

Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

Maciej Nowakowski Nov 10, 2025 7 min read
A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“The first days and weeks were like a rebirth. The magnetism of and cravings for my smartphone faded as it lay turned off in a…

© 2025 The Oxford Blue Student Newspaper CIC | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Instagram
  • Facebook Page
  • Linkedin
Go to mobile version