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Megan is Video Editor, but she likes writing anything that she can relate back to her history degree and pretend it's 'revision'. Outside of academics, she plays violin with the Hertford College Music Society, is secretary for the Oxford University Historical Re-enactment Society, and enjoys walking her dogs who are in fact the cutest in the world (unofficial award).

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Outside OX1 Week 2: Winter Olympics, India/EU and South Korea

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Welcome back to another issue of Outside OX1! After the winds Storm Chandra brought, resulting in obscurely alternating days of bright sunshine and grey clouds,…

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Having returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford and former Leader of the Conservative Party, Lord William…

A Closer Look: The Grand Egyptian Museum

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It certainly is an impressive sight. Enormous pyramidal glass panels line the outside of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a site spanning 500,000 square metres.…

InterMEDIAte: The Liminality of us all

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“Whenever I feel unsure about my identity I play DtMF, while Lux accompanies me when I want to explore the female experience. They both take…

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