Ngoc Diep (Alice), Author at The Oxford Blue

Culture

Up Styx Creek Reviewed: Who is Aristophanes Actually?

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) February 20, 2025May 29, 2025

Culture

Cover Story: A Novel by Susan Rigetti (Reviewed)

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) February 17, 2025May 14, 2025

Image depicts a piece pastry, hot beverage and flower pot near the window of a coffee shop.

Opinion

Being a Student in an Anti-Intellectual World

by Ngoc Diep (Alice) February 2, 2025February 9, 2025

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Mar 16, 2026 14 min read

A man walks past a wrecked tank in Tigray Region, 2021.

Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and…

Interview with Charlie Baker, founder of ‘The Fence’

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Mar 14, 2026 4 min read

Journalism, for Charlie, is about meeting people and connecting with them, be that in a pub or an office (and preferably the former). It’s no…

The Motherhood Mandate: Fascism’s War on Bodily Autonomy

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Mar 13, 2026 7 min read

Katrina Roach discusses the connection between fascism and the restriction of women’s bodily autonomy through past and present cases of female oppression. Image credit to…

In Conversation with Lord Neuberger: The Rule of Law, Judicial Power, and the Art of Judgement

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Mar 13, 2026 9 min read

On 9 March, Oxford Law Society and Oxford Speaks hosted a talk with Lord Neuberger, the former President of the UK Supreme Court and Non-Permanent…