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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 7d

One of my favourite ongoing history bits is the 800 years of attempts and failures to establish regular transport links between Oxford and Cambridge. it’s hilarious

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 7d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

Flying taxi over English countryside somewhere

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hi all! On 12 October I will be running the Oxford Half Marathon in support of SSNAP (Supporting Sick Newborn and their Parents) - any donations for this incredible charity would be greatly appreciated 😊 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Charlie Bowden is fundraising for SSNAP

Help Charlie Bowden raise money to support SSNAP

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · Jul 30

Graduated!!! 🎉

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · Jun 7

New OxPods episode out today with Dr John Merrington of All Souls College on the five senses in medieval thought! Give it a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/1gVA...

The Five Senses in Medieval Thought

OxPods · Episode

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · Jun 7

Degree over and out 🫡

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · May 30

1066 and All That quoted in my finals exam paper… almost as good as the Barbie quote last year. Shout out to whoever’s setting the Masculinity and its Discontents questions 🤩

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · May 26

Pretty rude for it to begin pouring with rain the moment we were let out of our exam and then stop 5 minutes later 😩 no more gobbets though!

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · May 24

I’ve also been producing podcast interviews with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social academics with OxPods for the past few years, with a few still to go before I graduate.

I’ll post about each of my podcasts soon but here’s the full feed if you want to have a look: open.spotify.com/show/2sZa7WT...

OxPods

Podcast · OxPods · The podcast by Oxford students and their professors. OxPods aims to create thought-provoking and easily digestible podcast episodes, made for anyone with an interest in the world ...

open.spotify.com

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Charlie Bowden @charlie-bowden.bsky.social · May 24

I thought I’d start off on here by showing some fun things I’ve been doing for anyone interested!

Last year I published the first comprehensive history of The Oxford Student newspaper. There’s a copy in @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social and you can view it online here: issuu.com/theoxfordstu...

A History of The Oxford Student

issuu.com

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