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Category: Columns

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Britain on Holiday: a Beast Caged

by Poppy Thornton February 19, 2024April 29, 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
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Sublime Drizzlings: My Values

by Chloe Smith February 19, 2024February 19, 2024
This image shows a picture of a sunset from an Oxford college, with the building in the foreground.
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Musings of a Media Lover: ‘Scott Street’, Strangers, and Reconciling Old Friendships  

by Millie Acton February 18, 2024June 26, 2025
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: London Town  

by Anonymous Author February 17, 2024December 21, 2025
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(Dis)abled

by Ruby Bailey-Proe February 16, 2024May 12, 2024
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Musings of a Media Lover: Love in the Time of Situationships

by Millie Acton February 12, 2024June 26, 2025
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Goggle-Ox: Crashing John Mayer’s Party

by Susie Weidmann February 9, 2024February 9, 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
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Sublime Drizzlings: Looking Through the Hourglass

by Chloe Smith February 8, 2024February 8, 2024
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Diaries of a Rusticated Student: Scared of the Dark

by Anonymous Author February 7, 2024December 21, 2025
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Paradise Lost; Croissants Found?

by Poppy Thornton February 1, 2024April 29, 2024

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