new year Archives - The Oxford Blue

Photo of a statue outside the Sheldonian Theatre. The statue has a girl's eyes and fringed superimposed onto it, and is wearing a sash that reads "Class of 2025"

How Oxford’s Park Run Made Me Insufferable

by Eleanor Ware February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

A photo of snowdrops in front of a lake during winter.

January’s Pockets of Sunshine

by Khadija Khalid February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

The image shows a cream envelope with a small pink heart on the seal. Behind the envelope there is a pink cloud with small pink hearts.

Love Letters: 2025

by Lucy Pollock January 26, 2025January 26, 2025

Illustration of a laptop with a job search on the screen, a mortarboard, and a 21st birthday cake against a colourful background.

Third Year Thoughts: Turning 21, Getting a Job and “Growing Up”

by Kiaya Phillips January 20, 2025February 15, 2025

Image of snow falling and blurry Christmas lights in the background.

Fire and Ice: How climate change is already shaping extreme weather in 2025

by Rebecca Nolten January 19, 2025January 19, 2025

illustration of 2025 in blue and purple

‘New Year, (not so) New Me’

by Isabel Valovin December 31, 2024December 31, 2024

Health and Wellbeing

January Blues

by Phoebe Walls January 16, 2023January 16, 2023

The New Year Around the World: Pakistan

by Zyna Shoukat January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

New Year, Same Old Problems

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

New Year’s Resolutions: A Curse on Mankind

by Ahmad Nawaz December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

A Tour of The Grove: Oxford’s Newest Student Theatre Space

Janik Peeters Mar 20, 2026 5 min read

A student theatre set with two actors and a wooden structure which looks like a house.

“the Grove, with its top-of-the-line sound and lighting, traditional architectural backdrop, and grander scale, is certainly a theatre worth watching out for” Janik Peeters tours…

The Sabotage of Modernity

Rohan Shah Mar 19, 2026 5 min read

The Sabotage of Modernity

“Thunderstorm with glimmering lightnings over ocean” by Lachlan Ross, https://www.pexels.com/photo/thunderstorm-with-glimmering-lightnings-over-ocean-6510369/ In recent times, we seem to be intoxicated by the heady spirits of progress and…

Outside OX1 Week 8: Chile, Nepal and Mandelson

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Mar 16, 2026 16 min read

Image Credit by Evie Fairclough-Kay

Welcome back to this term’s final issue of Outside OX1! Hilary has flown by and Trinity with its blossoming flowers and sunnier days awaits. What…

Locking Horns: Past Conflicts Threaten to Re-emerge in the Horn of Africa

Lola Dunton-Milenkovic Mar 16, 2026 14 min read

A man walks past a wrecked tank in Tigray Region, 2021.

Six years after Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing an end to a lengthy military standoff with Eritrea, and…