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Category: Columns

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by Poppy Thornton February 1, 2024April 29, 2024
The illustration depicts a selection of ornaments, including a ballerina, candle, teapot, shell, and other decorative objects. The text ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ can be seen in the background, seemingly a handwritten note.
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Sublime Drizzlings: Circling Back to 1908…

by Chloe Smith January 31, 2024February 2, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: a (Bad) Description of my Dissociation 

by Alice Brooker January 30, 2024May 12, 2024
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Music Makes The People: Grace and Danger

by Liv Ekdawi January 29, 2024January 30, 2024
Posted inColumns

(Dis)abled

by Ruby Bailey-Proe January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
This illustration shows an alcove filled with personal items, including a teapot and toy ballerina, with the column’s title ‘Sublime Drizzlings’ in the background
Posted inColumns

Sublime Drizzlings: Beatrice, Dancing Queen

by Chloe Smith January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
Posted inColumnism, Columns, Identity

Reflections on my Oxford Bunker

by Poppy Thornton January 23, 2024April 29, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Oxford as an Overpriced Croissant

by Alice Brooker January 22, 2024January 22, 2024
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Music Makes The People: Christmas Special

by Liv Ekdawi December 21, 2023December 15, 2023

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