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Author Archives: Oliver Bater

0liver Bater is an Opinion Editor for the Oxford Blue. He is going into his second year studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics at St Edmund Hall. When not at Oxford, he lives in Hong Kong.

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Letters to the Editor Vol 3

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Sleepy Joe is no Crooked Hillary

by Oliver Bater September 7, 2020July 18, 2021
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Johnson should embrace, not suppress scrutiny

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Lives or money: A false dichotomy?

by Oliver Bater May 7, 2020July 18, 2021

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Flesh by David Szalay: Reviewed

Oliver Bater May 28, 2026 5 min read
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David Szalay’s Flesh is a rise-and-fall tragedy in the classical tradition, but it is also, in the vein of Illusions perdues andGreat Expectations, a novel…

The Picture of Dorian Gray at Trinity College: Reviewed

Oliver Bater May 28, 2026 6 min read
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‘All art is quite useless,’ Oscar Wilde says in his prologue to The Picture of Dorian Gray, yet ‘the only excuse for making a useless…

Tragic Teenage Death Disrupts Summer Eights

Oliver Bater May 28, 2026 2 min read
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The first day of Summer Eights was brought to an end after the death of a teenage boy in the water near Donnington Bridge. Image…

Second Draft: But can you do a split roll?

Oliver Bater May 28, 2026 6 min read
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“When I read the list back, I found it quite ticklesome. Was this my vernacular now? Since when was it normal to be scrolling through…

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