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

Second Draft: Teary-eyed goodbyes

Poppy Thornton Jul 23, 2026 10 min read

Illustration of themes and objects relating to Oxford.

“For the past 20 minutes, I have been staring at an empty word document. This was categorically not the plan. When I started writing my…

Tommy Robinson Appearance at Oxford Union Sparks Mass Protest

Poppy Thornton Jun 27, 2026 3 min read

Image credit to Thomas Yates, used with permission.

Who Gets to Remember?: When nostalgia becomes dangerous

Poppy Thornton Jun 21, 2026 7 min read

The wisteria on the wall of Jesus College, Oxford.

“At the individual level, the mismatch between memory and history appears fairly harmless. For the collective, it can be terrible. The present, the only actuality,…

Monoculture isn’t dead, it’s online

Poppy Thornton Jun 21, 2026 6 min read

A LAN party in the Winter 2004 DreamHack.

Culture feels chaotic right now. The times of communion over music videos on MTV are officially over, and our lives are split across millions of…