Ollie Nicholls, Author at The Oxford Blue

Is Southgate Still The One?

by Ollie Nicholls October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

Federer’s Retirement and a Changing of the Guard in Tennis

by Ollie Nicholls September 21, 2022September 21, 2022

Enjoy Them Both – Does his Melbourne masterclass make Nadal the greatest ever?

by Ollie Nicholls February 4, 2022February 4, 2022

‘Town vs. Gown’ Boxing at the Oxford Union – January 21st 2022

by Ollie Nicholls and Ewan Gordon January 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Different Coloured Scarves: Tribal Identities and the Football Community

by Ollie Nicholls January 21, 2022January 21, 2022

The View from the Sidelines: Oxford Blues vs. England U20s

by Ollie Nicholls January 16, 2022January 21, 2022

Meet the Team: ‘A Question of Sport’

by Ollie Nicholls, Deryn Cressey-Rodgers, Ewan Gordon and Vedika Rastogi January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

No Rising From These Ashes

by Ollie Nicholls December 29, 2021January 2, 2022

“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”: cricket’s complicated legacy with cultural imperialism

by Ollie Nicholls December 5, 2021December 16, 2021

“If 1,000 years were to pass, what would be left of us?”: The Dig review

by Ollie Nicholls February 13, 2021February 13, 2021

A Tour of The Grove: Oxford’s Newest Student Theatre Space

Ollie Nicholls Mar 20, 2026 5 min read

A student theatre set with two actors and a wooden structure which looks like a house.

“the Grove, with its top-of-the-line sound and lighting, traditional architectural backdrop, and grander scale, is certainly a theatre worth watching out for” Janik Peeters tours…

The Sabotage of Modernity

Ollie Nicholls Mar 19, 2026 5 min read

The Sabotage of Modernity

“Thunderstorm with glimmering lightnings over ocean” by Lachlan Ross, https://www.pexels.com/photo/thunderstorm-with-glimmering-lightnings-over-ocean-6510369/ In recent times, we seem to be intoxicated by the heady spirits of progress and…

Outside OX1 Week 8: Chile, Nepal and Mandelson

Ollie Nicholls Mar 16, 2026 16 min read

Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

Welcome back to this term’s final issue of Outside OX1! Hilary has flown by and Trinity with its blossoming flowers and sunnier days awaits. What…

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

Ollie Nicholls Mar 16, 2026 14 min read

A man walks past a wrecked tank in Tigray Region, 2021.

Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and…