relationships Archives - The Oxford Blue

streetlights, part 2

by Sharon Zhang June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

This image shows a picture of a pin-board wall, with a calendar and image of flowers on.

Ugly Feelings: Oranges, Tits, and Something Else

by Briony Arnott June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

Photo of a clock on a background of pink and turquoise.

Why am I freaking out? – An Oxford finalist in 5th week

by Flora Prideaux February 22, 2025February 22, 2025

The Fetishisation of Identity: A Personal Reflection on Race, Gender, and Relationships

by Ellie Price February 21, 2025February 21, 2025

Illustration of love hearts, flowers, kisses, a letter with love heart stamps.

Love Comes out of The Blue: a blind date at Tap Social.

by Rosie Creighton February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

A student with brown hair holding a phone with a text on it reading "Dear Agony Aunt". A banner in pink at the top reads "Agony Aunt"

Your College Auntie: Welcome

by Anonymous Author February 1, 2025February 1, 2025

Dating in the Modern Age – Why is it so hard?

by Kiaya Phillips June 23, 2024June 23, 2024

A Room of Our Own: Putting All Your Eggs In One Basket

by Nina Naidu June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

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Love Letters: February Blues (or, rather, Greys)

by Lucy Pollock February 27, 2024February 28, 2024

Limerence: A Survival Guide

by Joel Fernandez February 13, 2024February 11, 2024

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

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“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.

Second Draft: Introductions and long words

Eleanor Davies Nov 10, 2025 5 min read

Illustration of Oxford buildings and study materials surrounding text that reads 'Second Draft'

“I now find myself saying things like, ‘Let’s meet at plodge’, ‘Have you bought your sub fusc?’ and ‘I need to pay my battels’ with…