Sophie Benbelaid, Author at The Oxford Blue

Sampi: A Review

by Sophie Benbelaid October 19, 2023October 19, 2023

Play House and Definitely the Bahamas Review

by Sophie Benbelaid February 10, 2023

Meet the Columnists MT22! pt.2

by Sophie Benbelaid, Riana Modi, Sophie Sargent, Jessica Mason, Thomas Shaw and Oliver Roberts November 12, 2022November 12, 2022

Tartuffe Review

by Sophie Benbelaid November 8, 2022November 9, 2022

The Ghosts of Writing and Publishing

by Sophie Benbelaid October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

Meet the Columnists MT22! pt. 1

by Sophie Benbelaid, Riana Modi, Bea Munro, Alice Emmett, Claire Torina Coulthard and Hannah Davis October 12, 2022October 12, 2022

The Elephant in the Newsroom: Discovering Your Voice

by Lucy Heywood, Ruben Martin-Ward, Zariel Konadu, Evie Craggs, Thomas Evans, Sophie Benbelaid, Thripty Dutt and Imogen Edmundson October 9, 2022October 9, 2022

Why ‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 3 Helped Me With My Grief

by Sophie Benbelaid September 18, 2022September 24, 2022

Less is More

by Riana Modi and Sophie Benbelaid September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Meet The Columnists TT22!

by Sophie Benbelaid, Gloria Morey, Elyse Airey, Bea Munro, Iris Campbell-Lange, Jacob Reid, MK Hubbard, Hannah Davis, Cat Tickell, Claire Torina Coulthard, Yii-Jen Deng and Aili Channer April 22, 2022April 28, 2022

Generation Z Protests in Mexico: Anti-Violence or Pro-USA?

Sophie Benbelaid Nov 30, 2025 9 min read

A poster during a protest in Mexico which says in Spanish: "In Mexico, it is safer to be a drug dealer than to be a student."

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic explores the recent Generation Z Protests throughout Mexico, evaluating their anti-corruption and anti-violence sentiments, as well as their potential political motivations which might…

To “Slay” or Not To “Slay”

Sophie Benbelaid Nov 30, 2025 5 min read

Provided by Ngoc Diep (Alice), used with permission. Website: The Oxford English Dictionary.

slay /sleɪ/: to impress someone very much or to be very good or impressive (Cambridge Dictionary, 2025); “slay the house boots down houston i’m deceased”…

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

Sophie Benbelaid Nov 29, 2025 9 min read

Home and Abroad – examining China’s political messaging inside and outside the country

China remained shrouded in mystery to the West from the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 until the 1970s. In 1972, US…

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

Sophie Benbelaid Nov 28, 2025 6 min read

Doctor Faustus at the Keble O’Reilly: Reviewed

‘I was, at times, simply floored by Carrington’s production of this classic play; there was a constant tension, both emotional and sexual, that wound up…