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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
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 Anonymous Author January 30, 2024December 21, 2025
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Music Makes The People: Grace and Danger

by Liv Ekdawi January 29, 2024January 30, 2024
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(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
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Sublime Drizzlings: Beatrice, Dancing Queen

by Chloe Smith January 23, 2024January 23, 2024
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Reflections on my Oxford Bunker

by Poppy Thornton January 23, 2024April 29, 2024

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