restaurant Archives - The Oxford Blue

This image shows a street sign which reads 'Cowley Road', against a brick wall.

Cowley Flavors: Mario’s

by Shixin Zhao June 26, 2025June 28, 2025

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Flavours of Home: Tempura, a Metonym

by Zac Yang June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

This image shows a street sign which reads 'Cowley Road', against a brick wall.

Cowley Flavors: Za’atar Bake

by Shixin Zhao May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

Image of Flight Club, and electronic dart board

Flight Club Oxford: Darts and drinks on Westgate’s rooftop terrace

by Eric Balonwu March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

Luxury clothing < Luxury lifestyle brands

by George Roberts February 1, 2025July 2, 2025

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Dishoom Permit Room: Review

by Nina Naidu November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

A photograph of the exterior of a new Oxford restaurant, Six by Nico.

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EXCLUSIVE: Six by Nico launches new menus in Oxford

by Niamh Stansfield and Kiaya Phillips October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

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

by Elliot Koubis March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

So You Want To Dine Alone

by Aryan Goenka May 11, 2023May 11, 2023

Valentine’s at Gusto: A Review of Oxford’s Latest Addition to the Italian Food Scene

by Rumaisa Khusru February 13, 2023February 13, 2023

Telltaylor: By a Lancashire Farm Shop, I Sat Down and Wept

Alicia Taylor Dec 4, 2025 9 min read

An image of the Radcliffe Camera against a sunset sky, with the text 'TELLTAYLOR' written in front.

“I was always a muse, a magician’s trick, bending my own image to enhance his own. He seemed to compliment me only if the words fit…

Do different languages change the way we think?

Sophie Harrison Dec 4, 2025 5 min read

The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563), public domain

According to the legend of Babel, the existence of different languages on Earth began as a punishment. Humanity, daring to build its tower skyward, was…

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

Orla Case Dec 3, 2025 6 min read

Meta-Whorf-asis: on litost and translated fiction

‘The term depicts a feeling “as infinite as an open accordion, a synthesis of grief, sympathy, remorse, and indefinable longing”, which begs the question –…

Having a bath: it’s time to come clean

Matthew Donnelly Dec 3, 2025 4 min read

Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Embedded in British culture is a conspiracy of silence around what must be domestic life’s most overrated activity. Mention baths in polite company and faces…