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

The Players at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Nov 27, 2025 4 min read

character looks through a bag while on stage

“Splinters Productions’ debut play explores all the vicissitudes of student theatre, from cringeworthy flirtation to tyrannical direction” Oliver Martin reviews ‘The Players’ Image from Splinters…

Risk Appetite: On Relationships with Food and Food Influencers

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Nov 26, 2025 6 min read

A man sits at a table alone, eating a bowl of ramen.

“I thought spending mealtimes studying instead of eating would give me some sort of leverage over my peers, who weren’t spending that time being ‘productive’…

Luddite Renaissance: Are adults the real screenagers?

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Nov 26, 2025 6 min read

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

“And yet, I find that the focus on children and teenagers’ usage of smartphones from adults has a whiff of the infamous “when one finger…

Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007)

Ngoc Diep (Alice) Nov 26, 2025 4 min read

Photo of Bigger Trees Near Warter canvas in gallery

“Standing in the middle of the exhibition, I wanted to tell everyone that these were my trees, my farms, my houses, my roads, my towns.”…