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Author Archives: Oliver Shaw

Oliver (he/him) is one of the Editors-in-Chief of The Oxford Blue for the winter vacation and Hilary 2021. Oliver is from Warwickshire and is in his final year studying History at Merton College.

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Keir Starmer asks Long-Bailey to step down over apparent endorsement of “anti-Semitic conspiracy theory”

by Oliver Shaw June 26, 2020July 18, 2021
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Five key takeaways from Oxford University’s 2020 Admissions Report

by Oliver Shaw June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
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The challenges of commemoration: how do we remember VE Day in the time of coronavirus?

by Oliver Shaw May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
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Debate: US presidential election 2020 – can Biden defeat Trump?

by Oliver Shaw April 18, 2020July 18, 2021
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The royal treatment: in the age of coronavirus, does the monarchy matter?

by Oliver Shaw April 12, 2020July 18, 2021
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The Labour leadership contest is still happening, but does it matter any more?

by Oliver Shaw March 28, 2020July 18, 2021
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Coronavirus and the comeback of community spirit

by Oliver Shaw March 21, 2020July 18, 2021
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by Oliver Shaw January 27, 2020August 3, 2024

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From offerings by Gordon Ramsey to Snoop Dogg, Jack Wharton shares a humorous review of the celebrity wines on the market.

Ugly Feelings: Persuasive Pronunciation (Or, a Defense of Jane Austen)

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The Writer at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

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“I would be lying if I said that, at times, this play didn’t feel like something approaching a personal attack. But I would also be…

In conversation with Baroness Janet Royall

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‘I arrived knowing very little about the realities of both Somerville and Oxford, and the amazing complexities of this collegiate university. My prejudice was that…

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