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Film

Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year

Netflix’s city of dreaming Americans: My Oxford Year, reviewed

Lacking Latin: Ceremonial mistakes in My Oxford Year

What can office workers learn from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

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