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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...
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The burden of the face: Why are so many singers wearing masks?

We can all name at least one musician who has performed behind a balaclava, helmet, or hood. Whether to preserve anonymity, cultivate mystery, or construct an entirely new artistic identity, masking the face is common among those under the limelight.
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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...
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“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...
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The end of the film reel

Daniel Curtis refuses to feel any sense of nostalgia for the state of the remake-filled film industry

The enduring value of Diamond Dogs

Matt Roberts crawls through the outpourings of Bowie praise to look at a long-forgotten album

Emotional electronica

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by the humanity in James Blake’s live show, as, for once, the musician/producer emerges from behind his laptop

Review: The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Benjamin Davies approves of the Booker winner with reservations

Review: Queer Cabaret

Nina Crisp enjoys a night which showcases a variety of queer talent—and all in support of a good cause

Home Front: voices left behind

Katie Mennis interviews Isabel Palmer about her collaborative collection

Steven Moffat: A talk at the Oxford Union

"I am rubbish." This was the opening statement of Steven Moffat's talk at the Oxford Union on Monday, and it's an assessment most of...

Planet Earth: Ten Years On

 Paris Jaggers “Today, much has changed.” So says David Attenborough in the opening scene of the BBC’s new sequel to Planet Earth, which first aired...

Review: Doctor Strange

Jonnie Barrow thinks Marvel finally add power to its punch with their latest release

Preview: The Roaring Girl

Alice Robinson is looking forward to an evening of good old-fashioned girl power

W.H. Auden’s return to Christ Church

In the sixth instalment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis follows in the footsteps of W.H. Auden

Review: Albert Herring

Bessie Yuill is dazzled by this quintessential Britten in St Peter's chapel

Art review: Unreported Worlds

Ellie Siora is confronted by the familiar in the foreign while questioning what it means to be ‘exotic’ at John’s exhibition

Rewind: Disney’s Fantasia

Bessie Yuill reminds us of the fantastical history of Fantasia

Grappling with graffiti

Jorge López Llorente loses himself in the visual trickery of art and graffiti

Richard Burton’s well trodden boards

In the latest installment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis investigates the past of the Burton Taylor Studio

Conjuring some museum magic

Altair Brandon-Salmon is astounded by the Ashmolean’s Islam exhibition, Power and Protection

Review: It Felt Empty

Amaris Proctor is impressed by this immersive and thought-provoking explanation of the human effects of sex trafficking—a four star production

Preview: It Felt Empty

Miriam Nemmaoui looks forward to a hard-hitting and sensitive production

Live review: The Lovely Eggs, Cellar

Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks under the shell of The Lovely Eggs
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