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New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month 

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the Caribbean, this year Black History Month is celebrated uniquely in Oxford. The inaugural exhibition at...

“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...

‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two: Complex and compelling

Reality TV series The Traitors has returned with its celebrity version and has topped viewing charts for a second time. People are hooked on the show where logical reasoning and random chance are simultaneously at play, in a game full of drama, tension, and cliffhangers.

Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

Who gets to make art, who gets to see it, and whose art history...

‘Blade Runner 2049’ pleases fans of the cult classic

Matthew Nicholson compares the 'Blade Runner' sequel to the classic original

A unique and uncomfortable experience

Lil Peep is our greatest living icon, writes Joe Bavs

Basquiat brought to life at the Barbican

Excessive detail hinders an energetic and ground-breaking Basquiat exhibition, writes Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Opera: Passion, power and politics

The new exhibition at the V&A entertains yet bemuses Julia Alsop

Don’t just break the fourth wall, go and watch a film outside

Jack Allsopp reflects on a summer vac spent basking in the joys of outdoor cinema

Ignore the naysayers, opera is for everyone

Many have dismissed opera as unaffordable and elitist – they are missing out, writes Jack Pepper

‘Caesar’ at the Keble O’Reilly – preview

Miranda K. Gleaves previews 'Caesar', a hot new reinterpretation of a classic Shakespeare play from Cosmic Arts

Feel good indie for the oncoming winter

Superfood’s outlook on the alternative scene is refreshingly optimistic, says Charlie Hackforth

How a small office in Bloomsbury keeps the tradition of criticism alive

The LRB’s Alice Spawls talks to Altair Brandon-Salmon about her journey from intern to editor at the world’s most prestigious literary journal

Fringe Round-up: Six of the Best Stand-Up Shows

Izzy Smith rounds-up the best stand-up shows from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017

La Bohème review – ‘Shabby and chic but not lacking in charm’

Amid the fakery of Shoreditch, Jack Hunter finds a rare thing: an age-old opera that celebrates the joy of being young

Ones to watch: Science fiction’s signature moves

Donnie Darko, Signs and Terminator are classics of the genre

Rewind: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ is still relevant 15 years on

Esther Borsi reflects on the romantic comedy classic on its anniversary

Society from a Martian perspective

Matthew Palmer makes the case for the significance of science fiction in today’s society

Sad and Loud, Ryan Adams Live

Thomas Athey reports on an eventful show at The Sage

Paul Foot – eccentric comedy from a Merton mathematician

Miranda K. Gleaves talks to ex-Mertonian Paul Foot, ahead of his new tour, which comes to Oxford on September 30th

The queen of artistic appropriation is crowned at the Tate Modern

Nicola Dwornik reviews a long overdue exhibition of Fahrelnissa Zeid's life and work

‘Kingsman’: The sequel’s disservice

Cinema's latest spy flick fails to charm Charles Britton

Dido, Queen of Carthage at the RSC review – ‘Daring, poignant and powerful’

The RSC's new production of the lesser-performed 'Dido, Queen of Carthage' is a phenomenal achievement, writes Katie Sayer

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’s Steffan Lloyd-Evans interview – “most of the time I like to make people laugh”

It’s fairly early in the morning when I sit down to interview Steffan Lloyd-Evans, the star of Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About a Bank...

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