Harry Potter Archives - The Oxford Blue

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Me, My Shelf, and I

by Nina Naidu February 12, 2024February 12, 2024

Culture

Trans rights, Twitter storms, and the prevailing charm of Harry Potter

by Anonymous Author August 11, 2020July 23, 2026

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“Guilty Pleasures”: In Defence of Reading Harry Potter

by Tom Martland April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

Second Draft: Teary-eyed goodbyes

Eleanor Davies Jul 23, 2026 10 min read

Illustration of themes and objects relating to Oxford.

“For the past 20 minutes, I have been staring at an empty word document. This was categorically not the plan. When I started writing my…

Tommy Robinson Appearance at Oxford Union Sparks Mass Protest

Christine Savino Jun 27, 2026 3 min read

Image credit to Thomas Yates, used with permission.

Who Gets to Remember?: When nostalgia becomes dangerous

Isabella Hamilton Dale Jun 21, 2026 7 min read

The wisteria on the wall of Jesus College, Oxford.

“At the individual level, the mismatch between memory and history appears fairly harmless. For the collective, it can be terrible. The present, the only actuality,…

Monoculture isn’t dead, it’s online

Rohit Ghosh Jun 21, 2026 6 min read

A LAN party in the Winter 2004 DreamHack.

Culture feels chaotic right now. The times of communion over music videos on MTV are officially over, and our lives are split across millions of…