Nick Marshall, Author at The Oxford Blue

Embracing Spontaneity: Why You Shouldn’t Plan Your Next Trip

by Nick Marshall June 7, 2023June 8, 2023

Spotlight – An uneasy journey back to normality

Nick Marshall Jun 17, 2026 7 min read

Sun setting over a river with trees on the far side

With the end of Trinity now in sight, we thought this would be a good place to round off our Spotlight series for this term.…

Passé ou Classique? – How Old Films can Hold Up for a Modern Audience

Nick Marshall Jun 16, 2026 9 min read

Publicity photo of Charlie Chaplin for the film Modern Times (1936).

“As modern cinema becomes increasingly commercialised, films are primarily lauded for their entertainment value, a well-known cast of actors and provocative subject matter over form…

Lubomyr Melnyk Windmills at Exeter College Chapel: Reviewed

Nick Marshall Jun 16, 2026 7 min read

“Over the course of around 20-minutes the piece transforms itself into something airy, high, light as though leaving this material world. Melnyk’s music may all…

Britain’s prophet steps forward

Nick Marshall Jun 15, 2026 8 min read

Tony Blair, 9 July 2010. Photo published by the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo.

“Oh, oh! Agony, agony! Again the awful pains of prophecy are on me, maddening as they fall… What if no man believe me?” Thus cries…