Michelle Chimbetete, Author at The Oxford Blue

Heavenly Harmonies and Choral Laments: A Selene Scholars Review

by Michelle Chimbetete May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Wytham Woods: Oxford’s natural laboratory

Michelle ChimbeteteOct 29, 20254 min read

A vibrant green forest with a sloping ground.

Oxford’s woodlands provide a refuge from academic life, but also function as a resource for scientific study. Hannah Smith explores how Wytham Woods, Oxford’s most…

LIVER ACHE

Michelle ChimbeteteOct 29, 20252 min read

‘Smoking someone else’s straight, now they want my secrets in exchange.’ Anna Stibbe’s poem about hazy nights out.

Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s “Iron Lady”?

Michelle ChimbeteteOct 28, 20256 min read

Melissa Eddon After weeks of political upheaval in Japanese politics, Sanae Takaichi has become the new Prime Minister. The resignation of former PM Shigeru Ishiba…

Luddite Renaissance: A Case for Limiting Laptops in the Classroom

Michelle ChimbeteteOct 28, 20257 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“Laptops are Janus-faced things. They are at once enhancers and detractors of learning.” Noah Petts argues for the limiting of laptops in the classroom. Image…