Poppy Thornton, Author at The Oxford Blue

Illustration of two fish in a half-opened can with a love heart above their heads.

Lifestyle

In love with my airbed: relationships at university

by Poppy Thornton January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

A row of statues, coloured blue, against a background of bricks on a temple.

Columns

Skog

by Poppy Thornton December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

Columns

Brexit Tackle

by Poppy Thornton November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

Columns

Plunge bra

by Poppy Thornton November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

Columns

Things in Jars

by Poppy Thornton April 29, 2024November 2, 2024

Columnism

Britain on Holiday: a Beast Caged

by Poppy Thornton February 19, 2024April 29, 2024

Columnism, Columns, Identity

Paradise Lost; Croissants Found?

by Poppy Thornton February 1, 2024April 29, 2024

Columnism, Columns, Identity

Reflections on my Oxford Bunker

by Poppy Thornton January 23, 2024April 29, 2024

New Media: Have We Evolved to Think Less Deeply?

Poppy Thornton Mar 23, 2026 6 min read

Image credit to Kristin Hardwick. Used under the Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ License via Wikimedia Commons When we think of evolution, our minds tend to spring…

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

Poppy Thornton 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

Poppy Thornton Mar 19, 2026 5 min read

“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

Poppy Thornton Mar 16, 2026 16 min read

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…