pumpoly, Author at The Oxford Blue

Expanding into Taiwan: Choosing the Right English to Chinese Translation Strategy

by pumpoly January 16, 2026September 24, 2026

Second Draft: Teary-eyed goodbyes

pumpoly 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

pumpoly Jun 27, 2026 3 min read

Image credit to Thomas Yates, used with permission.

Who Gets to Remember?: When nostalgia becomes dangerous

pumpoly 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

pumpoly 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…