• News and Sport
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • 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
  • 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
    • Sports
    • Interviews
  • Opinion
    • Features
  • Global Affairs
    • Outside OX1
    • Across the Aisle
  • Identity
    • LGBTQ+
    • Feminism
    • Disability
    • ERM (Ethnic and Religious Minorities)
    • Diaries of a Thought Son
    • (Dis)abled
    • Not Just A Stereotype
    • Words of a Multiple
  • Environment
  • Culture
    • Film & TV
    • Music
    • Theatre
    • Fashion
    • Literature
  • Lifestyle
    • The Lifestyle Lowdown
    • Health and Wellbeing
    • Relationships
    • Travel
    • Food
    • Love Comes out of The Blue
  • 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
  • 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

Tag: cost of living

Posted inOpinion

Not Choosing London

by Sol White January 30, 2026January 30, 2026
Posted inOpinion

What are the antidotes to the constant rise in the cost of living?

by May Ho November 14, 2024November 14, 2024
Posted inFood

The Public Diner: Notes on a National Food Service

by Elliot Koubis October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Why is the UK’s inflation so bad?

by Oliver Edwardes September 7, 2023September 7, 2023
Posted inOpinion

The mini-budget fiasco: Right policies? Probably not. Right timing? Definitely not.

by Tim Williams October 17, 2022October 17, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Dr. Nuclear Power, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Atom

by Kai Liu September 6, 2022September 6, 2022
Posted inGlobal Affairs

Transitory Complications, Potentially Lasting Implications

by Tim Williams May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

Popular Posts

  • Roddy Scores Four To Tank Cambridge
  • Torpids Cancelled for 2026 Over Poor Weather Conditions
  • Are some colleges better than others?
  • Oxford and Cambridge Set for Rugby Varsity Clash at StoneX Stadium
  • Ranking Every Açaí Bowl in Oxford
  • Oxford Student Union Election Results Announced for 2026
  • Two figures, one of them holding a cigarette
    What’s With All the Smoke? Cigarettes on Stage in Oxford and Beyond
  • St Anne's College, Oxford.
    St Anne’s: the college leading the way to a more sustainable Oxford
  • One step forward, two steps back: on Trinity Hall’s controversial call 
  • Hawley Heroic as Oxford Demolish Cambridge 

From the Inside Out #2

Avani Rao Mar 5, 2026 5 min read
Snail on a leaf.

Avani Rao reflects on how chronic back pain has affected her time at Oxford, and the stigma that is attached to people with disabilities, particularly…

Borders and Belonging: Writing my Full Name

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Mar 4, 2026 14 min read
Pen writing on paper

“What motivates me to keep on writing is seeing my full name, because I write for every Ahmadzadeh Noughani and every Ahmadi Moghaddam before me…

Deaths and Entrances at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Oliver Martin Mar 4, 2026 5 min read
The two protagonists of Deaths and Entrances, Alf and Rube, face each other.

Ah, ‘Beckettian’. It’s one of those delightful words that means something very specific, yet also means nothing at all. The definition is obvious: reminiscent or…

Live Music in Oxford: Blue Bayou in Interview at the Little Bully 

Menna Wilson Mar 4, 2026 7 min read
The band Blue Bayou

Menna Wilson explores the music scene in Oxford, touching on tours passing through town, student bands, and where to see them live. Featuring an interview…

© 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