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Author Archives: Max Spokes

Max (he/him) was formerly Environment News Editor and Climate Columnist at The Blue. He is in his final year studying History and Politics at Balliol.

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Caviar for quarantine? St Anne’s email chain fiasco for international students

by Max Spokes August 19, 2020July 18, 2021
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University must act, or risks failing its international students, letter warns

by Max Spokes August 18, 2020August 18, 2020
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BREAKING: Government U-turn on admissions policy

by Max Spokes August 17, 2020July 18, 2021
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In or out? Oxford colleges split over A-Levels admissions policy

by Max Spokes August 16, 2020August 18, 2020
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A storm has come: Extreme weather events across the globe

by Max Spokes August 15, 2020August 15, 2020
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Environmental book worm: 5 books to read in the climate crisis

by Max Spokes August 6, 2020August 6, 2020
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Oxford economist joins over 100 others to sign letter calling for end to carbon economy

by Max Spokes August 4, 2020July 18, 2021
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UK climate breaks new records in 2019

by Max Spokes July 31, 2020July 31, 2020
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Oxford to host youth climate summit this year

by Max Spokes July 23, 2020July 24, 2020
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University Sustainability launches investigation into flying practices

by Max Spokes July 19, 2020July 19, 2020

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Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

Max Spokes Dec 3, 2025 4 min read
Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Max Spokes Dec 2, 2025 3 min read
a fox on a roof in an urban environment

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.

Max Spokes Dec 2, 2025 11 min read
The Politics of the Prop: Analysing Hanson’s Parliamentary Pageantry.

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

Max Spokes Dec 1, 2025 5 min read
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“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.…

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