Matthew Donnelly, Author at The Oxford Blue

Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

by Matthew Donnelly December 3, 2025December 3, 2025

Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

Matthew Donnelly Dec 3, 2025 4 min read

Embedded in British culture is a conspiracy of silence around what must be domestic life’s most overrated activity. Mention baths in polite company and faces…

Zootopia? Urban foxes are Oxford’s cleverest companions

Matthew Donnelly Dec 2, 2025 3 min read

As a visiting student from the United States, I had never seen a fox outside of a zoo before, let alone one in an urban…

The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

Matthew Donnelly Dec 2, 2025 11 min read

On 24 November, Pauline Hanson, a long-serving far-right Australian senator and leader of the far-right anti-immigration One Nation party, wore a burqa in the Australian…

Fleet Foxes: an album worthy of attention

Matthew Donnelly Dec 1, 2025 5 min read

“Fleet Foxes’ eponymous debut album is the gift that keeps on giving for lovers of acoustic, vocally-interesting tunes”. Olivia-Mae Butterfield discusses her favourite underrated album.…