Maebh Howell, Author at The Oxford Blue

‘Do as I say, not as I do’: Boris Johnson’s Bike Ride

by Maebh Howell January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

Covid’s Mental Health Crisis

by Maebh Howell January 21, 2021January 21, 2021

‘Gotta blame it on my juice’: The issue with Lizzo’s smoothie cleanse

by Maebh Howell January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

Freedom in the familiar: how to appreciate your hometown during lockdown

by Maebh Howell January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

‘Dear diary’…

by Maebh Howell January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Staycations – The New Normal?

by Maebh Howell August 21, 2020August 25, 2020

Here to stay: Celebrity literature and Lana Del Rey

by Maebh Howell July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

The Physicist Behind the Turl Street Orchestra: In Conversation with Dr. Felix Tennie

Maebh Howell Dec 15, 2025 6 min read

Dr. Felix Tennie stands outside the Radcliffe Camera after our interview.

“If I had no music, I wouldn’t be as productive of a physicist. Whenever I don’t get to make music for a time, I become…

Snow

Maebh Howell Dec 15, 2025 3 min read

Snow

‘If something is frozen we say it’s unchanging — that it stays.’ Nina Sablan’s creative piece about snow and its effects on our landscape. Image…

Who am I? Finding my identity between two languages

Maebh Howell Dec 13, 2025 4 min read

Duke Humfrey's library

That person, no matter what they do in the present, will always be defined by what they did. In the country where I was born,…

Outside OX1 Week 8: End of Term Special

Maebh Howell Dec 12, 2025 22 min read

Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

The Editor’s Note As the end of term is finally here, many will be lacing up their skiing boots; or enduring painstaking journeys home around…