Travel Archives - The Oxford Blue

Photo of a shirtless man sitting inside a sauna.

20 minutes in a gay sauna: A lesson about trying (and failing) to grow up

by Anonymous Author March 7, 2025April 6, 2025

Going Home for the Vac

by Ivett Berenyi December 10, 2024December 10, 2024

Kazakhstan: A Country Unfiltered

by Martha Gathercole December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Aeroplane Therapy: Conversations With the Man in the Middle Seat

by Nina Naidu June 24, 2024June 23, 2024

Taking Stock: Between Diasporas, Shopping for Dessert

by Elliot Koubis March 15, 2024March 17, 2024

Food

From Pin to Plate: the Top Eats on my Google Maps Wishlist in London

by Elliot Koubis March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

Don’t Trust the Flixbus!

by Nina Naidu March 6, 2024March 6, 2024

Surviving the Rollercoaster of Public Transport

by Nina Naidu February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

Savouring Malaysia in Oxford

by Nina Naidu February 7, 2024February 7, 2024

Not all those who wander are lost

by Selina Yu Chen February 3, 2024February 3, 2024

Talk of the Gown: The Best Kebab Van in Oxford

Alexis Wood Nov 11, 2025 6 min read

A typical kebab van with a customer standing outside.

“Kebab vans are a crucial part of university and nightlife culture here at Oxford. But which one is the best, what are people’s favourite orders,…

Outside OX1 Week 4: USA, Sudan and Iraq

Elana Roberts Nov 10, 2025 13 min read

Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

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

Noah Petts 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

Ava Doherty Nov 10, 2025 2 min read

Rising and Falling

‘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.