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Author Archives: Oliver Buckingham

Oliver Buckingham is a writer for The Blue, and has his own blog at https://whirlwindofscrappaper.com/. He is a History and Politics student at Lady Margaret Hall, and writes about politics, foreign affairs and books. When he’s not doing that, he’s constructing a flux-capacitor and bathing in a tepid chrono-synclastic infundibulum. He serves pan-galactic gargle blasters at seven.

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Minority Report: The Olympics – Beauty and Politics

by Oliver Buckingham July 31, 2021August 3, 2021
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Minority Report: Do Cuban Lives Not Matter? & Chaos Beckons For Myanmar

by Oliver Buckingham July 27, 2021July 27, 2021
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Minority Report: The BBC Tells Us the Truth about Bill Clinton

by Oliver Buckingham July 18, 2021July 18, 2021
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Meet The Columnists! Part One

by Jacob Reid, Sophie Benbelaid, Oliver Buckingham and Laura Norris July 17, 2021July 20, 2021
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Minority Report: A Senile Regime Stutters

by Oliver Buckingham July 15, 2021July 15, 2021
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How to Crush Popular Dissent in Three Easy Steps – A Lesson from Hong Kong

by Oliver Buckingham July 2, 2021July 2, 2021
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By Surrendering to the Taliban, America Has Betrayed the Afghan People

by Oliver Buckingham June 14, 2021June 16, 2021
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Russian Troop Build-up Prompts Western Alarm

by Oliver Buckingham April 13, 2021July 18, 2021
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No Religion Deserves Freedom from Ridicule

by Oliver Buckingham April 8, 2021April 8, 2021
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Colonial Ironies: Xi Tightens His Grip

by Oliver Buckingham March 20, 2021March 23, 2021

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That person, no matter what they do in the present, will always be defined by what they did. In the country where I was born,…

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The Editor’s Note As the end of term is finally here, many will be lacing up their skiing boots; or enduring painstaking journeys home around…

Second Draft: Notting Hill and table football

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“I was practically raised on Richard Curtis’ oeuvre and have seen Notting Hill more times than I care to admit. I can quote unwieldy chunks…

Growing Up: The Beginning of an Oxford Experience 

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“It is not a loss to forget some of my old routines and habits, but a privilege to learn new ones, and to share my…

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