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Author Archives: Reya Muller

Reya (she/her) is a Theatre Editor at the Oxford Blue. Outside of her degree, Reya spends most of her time involved in student theatre and is an avid writer of both prose and poetry. She was an editor for the lockdown art collective Hypaethral and has published articles at the Blue ranging from gushing about Michaela Coel to describing how best to fry bread (never too much butter). In her spare time, she can be found either making or eating dumplings.

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‘I Care A Lot’: A commentary on amoral female protagonists

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‘Spoon River Anthology’ Preview: Innovation and Creativity Triumph

by Reya Muller February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
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Behind the Scenes with the Cast and Crew of ‘And the walls spoke’

by Reya Muller November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
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Musical Medicine: Six melodies to soothe your broken heart

by Reya Muller August 19, 2020August 19, 2020
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Euphoria & Pain: How Michaela Coel is challenging the limits of modern storytelling

by Reya Muller July 23, 2020July 23, 2020
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TV Dinners: The Chef Show

by Reya Muller May 30, 2020May 30, 2020
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Rooms of their own: Boiler Room takes things House to House

by Reya Muller May 6, 2020May 6, 2020
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Review: The Pillowman

by Reya Muller February 1, 2020February 1, 2020

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Risk Appetite: On Long Tables and Still Eating Alone

Reya Muller Jun 2, 2026 8 min read
Collage for Risk Appetite.

“The next time at a long dining table, I’ll treat it like it’s an Oxford exam I’ve studied for: I’ll eat, ask questions about others…

Sellouts or Scapegoats? : Why do Oxford students funnel into finance and consulting?

Reya Muller Jun 2, 2026 8 min read
Credit: Philip Halling, 29th September 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0

For many of Oxford’s students, their time at the university can be fondly measured by a series of firsts, whether it be their first formal…

Breeze & Brew: Reimagining Community Curation through Fans and Tea in Oxford

Reya Muller Jun 2, 2026 7 min read
An image taken at a tea drinking session as part of a Chinese tea culture exploration session at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Dr Jenny Wang writes about a community curation project at the Ashmolean Museum, exploring Chinese fans and tea culture.

College Families: Are they what we make of them?

Reya Muller Jun 2, 2026 5 min read
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College families are such a uniquely Oxford tradition, put in place to connect its students. I believe that they are what we make of them.…

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