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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 Union’s Holy Trinity

A look ahead to the three stellar speakers at the Union next week

The Bible — an overlooked literary skeleton key

Harriette Drew explains why we need scripture to understand literature

Is This Art? My Carpet

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art and Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Naomi Gee takes on her carpet

Poetry Bites – HT 1

This week Athol Williams thinks about theories

Berlin, Bowie, and the wall

Ben Ray talks memory and motivation with the author Rory MacLean

The Brand New Victorians

Olivia Sung discusses the current trends in BBC adaptations

Ambiguities of Justice

Tom Holker is chilled by Netflix’s Making a Murderer

Luminaries: Oliver Stone

Daniel Minister looks at one of Hollywood's most political directors

Preview: Rent

Matt Roberts is wowed by the scale and passion of this production

Mozart’s Figaro and soft-boiled eggs

Sophie Jordan attends the Viennese New Year concert

Review: Shinedown – Threat to Survival

Ahead of their UK Carnival of Madness tour, Sophie Jordan finds Shinedown's latest album disappointing

Raw, daring, sultry: ‘Twisted R&B’

Bryony Harris heralds the re-issue of Kelela’s 2013 “Twisted R&B” Cut 4 Me

The kids are more than alright

Morgan Harries asks what the focus for young overachievers means for us

Lamenting fashion’s familiar face

Sarah Lynch misses the craftsmanship of fashion in the age of mass-production

Culture Corner: The English country house

Ben Ray looks at the English country house in literature, and asks why we’re all so obsessed with it

Rewind: Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’

Bex Watson rewinds to the release of Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)'

Huey Morgan: it’s all for the fans

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks to the Fun Lovin' Criminal

Jobs for the boys? (Pt. II)

Olivia Sung considers the gender politics of being affected by cinema in today's popular film criticism

Creed: what’s in a name?

Laurence Warner is pleasantly surprised by the Rocky spin-off Creed

Jobs for the boys? (Pt. 1)

Olivia Sung considers the gender politics of being affected by cinema in today's popular film criticism
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