Mhairi Beken, Author at The Oxford Blue

Culture

The Haunted House at Christ Church Cathedral Gardens: Reviewed

by Mhairi Beken June 4, 2026June 4, 2026

Culture

John Webster’s The White Devil at St John’s College Auditorium: Reviewed

by Mhairi Beken March 13, 2026March 13, 2026

Scenes With Girls at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Mhairi Beken Jun 11, 2026 6 min read

“Are they safe, or dangerously codependent? Is this life, paradoxically within and without heteronormativity, sustainable? Is this real girlhood? Is this enough?” Aimee Dixon reviews…

Shell Shock at Corpus: Bernard Wins Trifecta in 2026 Tortoise Race

Mhairi Beken Jun 11, 2026 3 min read

A college tortoise approaches a ring of lettuce.

Bernard the Tortoise won not once, but three times, at the 2026 Tortoise Fair at Corpus Christi. Meanwhile, there was room for humans to get…

The Exportation of British Misogyny

Mhairi Beken Jun 11, 2026 7 min read

The sound of accordion, and the sweet heavy smell of cinnamon and spices drifted pleasantly through the small winding streets, dappled with pale April sunlight.…

Spotlight – All work and no play makes an exhausted Oxford student

Mhairi Beken Jun 10, 2026 7 min read

I have now finished my long eight-day stint of shifts. In the next few days off that I have, I look forward to utilising my…