Tilly Alexander, Author at The Oxford Blue

Lifestyle

Why are we so keen to talk about our dreams?

by Tilly Alexander May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

Lifestyle

Virtual Tours: Can they ever replace the real thing?

by Tilly Alexander May 5, 2020July 18, 2021

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

Tilly Alexander Nov 10, 2025 13 min read

The Editor’s Note Welcome back to this week’s edition of Outside OX1! With term half-way over already, the deadlines are coming through thick and fast…

Luddite Renaissance: Eleven Months with a Dumbphone

Tilly Alexander Nov 10, 2025 7 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“The first days and weeks were like a rebirth. The magnetism of and cravings for my smartphone faded as it lay turned off in a…

Rising and Falling

Tilly Alexander Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

‘I write when it’s late, when there’s rum on my breath and salt in my hair’. Ava Doherty’s reflection on waves and creation.

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

Tilly Alexander Nov 10, 2025 5 min read

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“I now find myself saying things like, ‘Let’s meet at plodge’, ‘Have you bought your sub fusc?’ and ‘I need to pay my battels’ with…