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Author Archives: Rosie Somers

Rosie is a Junior Lifestyle Editor for The Oxford Blue, specialising in Health and Wellbeing. She studies English at Corpus Christi - when not in the library she can be found socialising with friends at a pub, or binge-watching old episodes of Bake Off.

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