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

David Marmet’s Oleanna at New College, Oxford: Reviewed

Ollie Nicholls May 1, 2026 5 min read

The two protagonists of Oleanna; the professor is reading an essay to his student.

David Mamet’s Oleanna is a difficult play. Difficult in that it raises hard questions about how we respond to claims of sexual harassment and imbalances…

Drama on and off the pitch: The 2025/26 Football League Championship

Ollie Nicholls Apr 30, 2026 7 min read

Coventry City's home ground, pictured in late 2025.

Dhillon Lalji reports on the winners and losers in what has been yet another thrilling season in the Championship, the second tier of English football…

Risk Appetite: On Trying British Classics as an American

Ollie Nicholls Apr 30, 2026 8 min read

People outside at dusk.

Valerie Wu explores what it is like to try British food classics as an American in Oxford, and how one way of understanding a culture…

So Bad, It’s Good: John Cage’s 4’33”

Ollie Nicholls Apr 30, 2026 4 min read

Image of a wall

Music is ubiquitous in our lives. From the playlists we make for every imaginable activity to the constant drone of mundane pop at restaurants and…