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Posted inRelationships

Making Friends at Oxford for The Socially Inept

by Ruby Sampson May 3, 2025May 3, 2025

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Handbagged at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

Ruby SampsonMay 22, 20254 min read

Handbagged

“Handbagged is definitely a night of laughs (a lot of laughs). But its deft navigation of narrative power, of who gets to tell the story,…

An Imp-pressive Performance: Oxford Imps (“Infinite Jesters”) Reviewed

Ruby SampsonMay 22, 20256 min read

Three Oxford Imps actors, wearing colourful hats, standing in front of the Oxford Castle and Prison

“Settling onto the stone steps outside the castle on a breezy May evening, to the sound of gentle ‘bardcore’ music, it was easy to embrace…

Feeling ‘Maximum Pressure’: Trump’s Sanctions on Iran and the Iran-U.S. Nuclear Talks

Ruby SampsonMay 22, 202510 min read

The former US embassy in Tehran

“Donald Trump’s return to the Office of U.S President has once again shaken the foundations of global politics. From Ukraine to China, Canada to Panama,…

A Climate of Truth, by Mike Berners-Lee: Book review

Ruby SampsonMay 22, 20254 min read

a photograph of a white card protest sign at a climate change protest, reading "TO DO LIST: stop burning fossil fuels, decarbonise the economy, stop encouraging consumerist societies, listen to science, not to money, Deadline: Yesterday" in black and read writing

‘It takes a very talented writer to baldly state the facts, whilst also leaving the reader empowered to take action. In A Climate of Truth,…

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