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Author Archives: Nick Marshall

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Outside OX1 Week 7 – Ghana passes anti-LGBTQ+ bill, France enshrines abortion, and controversy in Pakistan

by Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell, Louis Treasure, Eric Balonwu and Nick Marshall March 7, 2024March 7, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Pathways to Power: 2024 – From Russia with Love: Putin Marches towards an inevitable fifth term

by Nick Marshall March 5, 2024March 7, 2024
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Soft Power – Does China Have an International Marketing Problem?

by Nick Marshall February 28, 2024February 28, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 6 – Gaza vote, strained Poland-Ukraine relations, and Modi’s renewed Indian diplomacy

by Eric Balonwu, Louis Treasure, Emi Tanimoto, Patrick Maxwell and Nick Marshall February 26, 2024February 28, 2024
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Pathways to Power: 2024 – Kangaroo courts, corruption, and coalitions: Pakistan looks set to form a new coalition government

by Emi Tanimoto and Nick Marshall February 21, 2024February 21, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 5 – Navalny dies, Greece legalizes gay marriage, and protests in India

by Louis Treasure, Tiffany You, Emi Tanimoto and Nick Marshall February 19, 2024December 29, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 4 – Putin interviewed, another Labor U-turn, and Messi stirs anger

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 3 –Red Sea crisis, Northern Ireland’s first nationalist leader, and Ukraine-born Miss Japan

by Emi Tanimoto, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall February 8, 2024February 8, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 2 – ICJ ruling on Gaza, Russian plane shot down, and UK-Canada beef talks abandoned

by Emi Tanimoto, Tiffany You, Eric Balonwu, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall January 30, 2024January 30, 2024
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Outside OX1 Week 1 – Taiwan elects new president, Trump’s weighty victory, and Growing Rift in Southwest Asia

by Emi Tanimoto, Eric Balonwu, Tiffany You, Louis Treasure and Nick Marshall January 23, 2024February 8, 2024

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Isobel Gurnett discusses the history and resonance of St. Hilda’s new student production of Blue Stockings ahead of International Women’s Day. Image by Jyotsna Singh,…

Prince Consort Ladygirl at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

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“How far will you go to save the one you love? It’s a question commonly asked in fiction, but I’ve never seen it approached quite…

Second Draft: Melodramatic Fearmongering

Nick Marshall Mar 5, 2026 8 min read
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“What I do know, however, is that my younger self was a voracious reader and writer. Albeit with a slightly quirky imagination. If I could…

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Given that the university recommends we spend 40 hours a week studying, we think that it had better be in a location that really suits…

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