• News and Sport
    • Oxford News
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Visiting Students
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • E-Lifestyle
    • Spotlight
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
      • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
    • Lady Grinning Soul
    • Second Draft
    • Low Concept
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
The Oxford Blue

The Oxford Blue

Oxford University's Independent Newspaper | Est. 2020

  • News and Sport
    • Oxford News
    • Sports
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Visiting Students
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
    • Internet Culture
  • Lifestyle
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • E-Lifestyle
    • Spotlight
  • Columns
    • Previous Columns
      • Beyond the Bubble
      • Love Letters
      • Musings of a Media Lover
      • Beyond the Footnotes
      • Heal Between the Lines
      • Admissions of a Rusticated Student
      • Objectifying Oxford
      • SaTired: Observations of a Finalist
      • Your College Auntie
      • Wine Waffle
      • Borders and Belonging
    • InterMEDIAte
    • Risk Appetite
    • Lady Grinning Soul
    • Second Draft
    • Low Concept
  • Profiles
  • The Bluebell
  • Contact Us
  • Mailing List
  • Alumni – can you help us?
  • The Archive
    • 5 Years of The Blue
    • The Blueprint
    • Freshers’ Guides
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2024
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2023
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2022
      • The Oxford Blue Freshers’ Guide 2021

Category: Literature

Posted inCulture

My Degree in a Book: History

by Thomas Britton March 3, 2022March 5, 2022
Posted inCulture

The Tale of Despereaux and the Power of Storytelling

by Abigail Stevens February 22, 2022February 24, 2022
Posted inCulture, Literature, The Books That Made Me

Books that Made Me: The Secret History

by Lucas Haskins February 20, 2022February 20, 2022
Posted inCulture

“My Degree in a Book”: Anthropology

by Brynn Valentine February 19, 2022February 19, 2022
Posted inLiterature

Leo Tolstoy – the humanity in history

by Daniel Morgan February 3, 2022February 3, 2022
Posted inCulture

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! An Audible Legacy

by Ben Blackburn February 3, 2022February 3, 2022
Posted inCulture

Books that Made Me: “Les Misérables”

by Izzy Lucas January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
Posted inOpinion

When is it right to read? My views on ethical reading

by Evie Craggs January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
Posted inCulture

The Beautiful World of Sally Rooney

by Ellen Pasternack January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
Posted inOxford News

December Review: The Anthropocene Reviewed

by Lily Down December 29, 2021June 24, 2022

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 … 18 Older posts

Popular Posts

  • Collage of different cups of coffee
    Ranking Every Coffee Shop in Oxford
  • Tommy Robinson surrounded by a crowd
    Far-right activist Tommy Robinson says he is “coming” to debate Islam at Oxford Union
  • Secretary Kerry Delivers an Address to the Oxford Union Membership in the Debating Chamber, 11 May 2016.
    This House believes that the Oxford Union has lost its values: the downfall of Oxford’s “free speech” society
  • Photos taken at the Say No to Tommy Robinson march and rally in London on Sunday 9th December 2018.
    Anti-Muslim rhetoric contributes to anti-Muslim violence: On Tommy Robinson’s Oxford Union Invite.
  • A Night to Remember: the Jesus-Exeter Ball 2026
  • People outside at dusk.
    Risk Appetite: On Trying British Classics as an American
  • The Dining Hall of Balliol College, Oxford University, United Kingdom
    The barrier didn’t fall. It moved: Who really ‘belongs’ at Oxford?
  • The two protagonists of Oleanna; the professor is reading an essay to his student.
    David Mamet’s Oleanna at New College, Oxford: Reviewed
  • President of the United States Donald Trump stands at a podium with large blue signs on both side saying "Winning the AI Race".
    How Did AI Development Turn Political?
  • Coventry City's home ground, pictured in late 2025.
    Drama on and off the pitch: The 2025/26 Football League Championship

2026 Met Gala Outfits: Which college would wear it?

Astrid Rogers May 17, 2026 4 min read
Image of Odessa A'zion at the 2026 Met Gala, wearing fashion in the theme of "Costume Art"

Last week, we launched a poll on Instagram asking you which college would wear different outfits from the 2026 Met Gala. While the results saw…

Stories from an Abandoned Warehouse at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

Astrid Rogers May 15, 2026 5 min read
Lady Carla (Genevieve Kidd) pokes out from behind the curtain

Director Patryk Wisniewski’s translation and interpretation of Ramón Griffero’s Stories from an Abandoned Warehouse is the first time that this piece of fringe resistance theatre…

Coming to Oxford: The Reflections of an American

Isobel Gurnett May 15, 2026 5 min read
An image of the beach in Evanston, Illinois

Rhys Halaby reflects on his time at St. Anne’s College, Oxford as a Visiting Student.

Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights”: One Live Bird, and A Nest Full of Skeletons 

Rohit Ghosh May 15, 2026 6 min read
A collage of various "Wuthering Heights" adaptations.

Film adaptations walk a very tight rope, trembling as they try not to over-balance and plummet into one of two valleys of failure. On the…

© 2026 The Oxford Blue Student Newspaper CIC | A new voice for a new decade | Est. 2020. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • Facebook Page
Go to mobile version