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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...
Books Romilly Ireland -

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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Sam Joyce argues to free this Lindsay Lohan vehicle from its trainwreck reputation

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Mark Barclay recaps Oxford Broadcasting Association’s Easter Film Screening

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Review: Far From the Madding Crowd

Hannah Congdon gets lost amongst the wild landscapes of this new adaption of the Hardy classic

Milestones: Punk

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull discusses the life and death of the punk scene and its rebellion against popular rock and roll in the late seventies.

The rise of the dead: taxidermy gets a new lease of life

Morgan Harries considers a renaissance in the beautifully grotesque world of stuffed animals

Buried treasure: why do museums hide gems?

Helen Thomas discusses the Victoria and Albert Museum and hidden artefacts in its collections

Review: The Real Thing

A triumph for garden postmodernity

Review: String of Pearls

Henner Petin deciphers a net of 27 characters

PC Music: why the hype?

John Shulman explains why this music label is important

Top 5 songs to mourn/celebrate the election result

Rachael Griffith takes you through some party songs, whatever your reaction to the result

Review: Hop Along – Painted Shut

Rachael Griffith is enthralled by this innovative album

Review: Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird is Home

Matt Myers is impressed by this new introspective album

The most contentious exhibition in Britain?

Emmanuelle Soffe visits Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art

Review: Passion

Patrick Oisin Mulholland is impressed by this slick production

Review: Snoop Dog – Bush

Sam Joyce is delighted to see Snoop and Pharrell reunited

Review: I Nominate

A promising premise missing direction

Review: Killing Hitler

Paul Ostwald is impressed but exhausted by Oxford's German play

Preview: Medea

Patrick Oisin Mulholland is transported by this ancient tragedy

Don’t Mind The Gap

Henner Petin encounters poetry and its translational trap
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