travel Archives - The Oxford Blue

Food

Flavours of Home: Tempura, a Metonym

by Zac Yang June 7, 2025June 7, 2025

Illustration of central Oxford, with the Radcliffe Camera and Bridge of Sighs situated in a bubble, next to the words "Beyond the Bubble".

Beyond the Bubble: Clarkson’s Pub.

by Rosie Creighton December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

Going Home for the Vac

by Ivett Berenyi December 10, 2024December 10, 2024

Kazakhstan: A Country Unfiltered

by Martha Gathercole December 9, 2024December 9, 2024

Illustration of central Oxford, with the Radcliffe Camera and Bridge of Sighs situated in a bubble, next to the words "Beyond the Bubble".

Beyond the Bubble: Chipping Norton

by Rosie Creighton November 6, 2024November 6, 2024

Aeroplane Therapy: Conversations With the Man in the Middle Seat

by Nina Naidu June 24, 2024June 23, 2024

Guanciale: Italiamo, High Street, Oxford

by Elliot Koubis May 4, 2024May 4, 2024

Sublime Drizzlings: An Evening with Transpennine Express

by Chloe Smith May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

Food

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

by Elliot Koubis March 12, 2024March 12, 2024

Don’t Trust the Flixbus!

by Nina Naidu March 6, 2024March 6, 2024

The Players at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Oliver Martin Nov 27, 2025 4 min read

character looks through a bag while on stage

“Splinters Productions’ debut play explores all the vicissitudes of student theatre, from cringeworthy flirtation to tyrannical direction” Oliver Martin reviews ‘The Players’ Image from Splinters…

Risk Appetite: On Relationships with Food and Food Influencers

Valerie Wu Nov 26, 2025 6 min read

A man sits at a table alone, eating a bowl of ramen.

“I thought spending mealtimes studying instead of eating would give me some sort of leverage over my peers, who weren’t spending that time being ‘productive’…

Luddite Renaissance: Are adults the real screenagers?

Noah Petts Nov 26, 2025 6 min read

A picture of people in a library common room. Everyone is looking at their phones.

“And yet, I find that the focus on children and teenagers’ usage of smartphones from adults has a whiff of the infamous “when one finger…

Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007)

Katie Percival Nov 26, 2025 4 min read

Photo of Bigger Trees Near Warter canvas in gallery

“Standing in the middle of the exhibition, I wanted to tell everyone that these were my trees, my farms, my houses, my roads, my towns.”…