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How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

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‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

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‘The Moro Affair’: Astonishingly original, but not quite a story

The acting in 'The Moro Affair' was superb across the board, with Harriet Wilson’s Pope as a standout, and Rosie Sutton’s direction was flawless.

Culture Ian Coates -

‘Music can be everything’: Aurora Orchestra’s Jane Mitchell on the narratives around classical music

The Aurora Orchestra, who are playing at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre on the 19th June, are best known for performing their orchestral repertoire from memory.

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Old&New: Turl Street’s tradition

Turl Street Arts Festival now becomes a platform for Oxford’s celestial art

The life and death of the millennial author

Daniel Curtis considers the implications of social media for literary legacies

Preview: Three Men in a Boot: A Rather Sketchy Show

If your finger isn’t on the pulse of the Oxford comedy scene, this comic extravaganza may be just the thing you need to pull...

In conversation with Loyle Carner

Ben Warren discusses the importance of family with the rapper

Spotlight: The Lemon Twigs

The Lemon Twigs are a band of sumptuous harmonies and odd thrills, says Natalia Bus

Home is where the art is: Kingsley Ng

Queenie Li considers the use of public transport in art

Old & New: Young art on old walls

Kate Asquith on the interplay of past and present at Somerville Arts

The Transports at Cecil Sharp House

Ben Ray is carried away by an epic tale of transportation told through folk music and stories

Brazilian vis-à-vis

From the beaches of Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, the megalopolis of São Paulo to Maceio, these photos illustrate the diversity of environments and people that can be found in Brazil

Felicity Jones: Star of the Oxford drama scene

Theo Davies-Lewis recounts how acting at university fostered Jones' talents

Men directing women: Almódovar ‘Julieta’

Benjamin Davies discusses guilt, colours and female relationships in Pedro Almódovar’s latest work

Single of the week: James Blunt’s ‘Love Me Better’

Emma Leech slates the pop singer's painful new release

A word from the stalls

Miriam Nemmaoui accosts a teary-eyed audience member emerging from the Burton Taylor Studio, after the final showing of STOP

Dostoyevsky and the crime of orthodoxy

Daniel Villar reflects on how Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s religious beliefs influenced his literature as the anniversary of his death approaches on 9 February

Review: ‘Two Way Mirror’

Alice Robinson reflects on an admirable attempt to tackle a difficult pair of plays

Don’t miss your STOP

Hannah Arndt is full of enthusiasm for a preview of an original student musical

Review: ‘Collaborators’

Tilly Nevin rates this student production as amongst the best she has seen in Oxford

Review: Lubaina Himid’s ‘Invisible Strategies’

Ewan Davis explores Lubaina Himid’s Invisible Strategies at Modern Art Oxford

Review: STOP

Amaris Proctor admires this play's refreshingly frank attitude towards mental illness

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Culture

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

‘The Moro Affair’: Astonishingly original, but not quite a story

‘Music can be everything’: Aurora Orchestra’s Jane Mitchell on the narratives around classical music

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