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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...
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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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‘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.
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Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

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

Miles Lawrence gives us a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the OUDS Tour

Loading the Canon: 12 Years a Slave

Cherwell calls for new additions to the literary establishment, 12 Years a Slave answers

Why iPads don’t belong in galleries

Joel Nelson discusses how digital cameras have changed the way we interact with exhibited art

Where Are They Now: Asher Roth

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: Caribou — Our Love

Caribou's new album fuses psychedelia with deep house

Review: Adult Jazz — Gist Is

Lewis Barnes discovers the 'strident and beautiful' sound of Adult Jazz's debut LP.

Oxford’s Live Music Venues

Pick where to see your next gig with this handy guide

Interview: Boy and Bear

Clare Saxby talks to the Australian band about their life on the road

Chaplin’s Tramp turns 100

Kristin Grogan reflects upon the centenary of an iconic character

Review: Ida

Ida is a beautifully-crafted contemplation of identity in post-war Poland

Preview: The Furies by Aeschylus

Bethan Roberts meets the team behind an exciting adaptation of the third part of the Oresteia

Review: Wakolda

Although not a great Nazi thriller, Wakolda still finds purpose in examining the trauma of growing up

Interview: The Pillowman

Fergus Morgan chats to the team behind the 3rd Week production of The Pilowman at the Oxford Playhouse

The cult of celebrity in the world of art

Naomi Polonsky examines the changing concept of The Artist in society throughout the ages

Milestones: The Bohemian Myth

Isaac Goodwin looks at the rise of the ramshackle artist

Review: A Walk Among The Tombstones

This noir cop drama is lifted from derivative to average only by Liam Neeson's gravelly performance

Friends – Looking back 20 years later

On its 20th Anniversary, Anna Corderoy reflects on the sitcom that captured hearts all over the world

The men in black: Life as an usher

Think being an usher is the 'easiest job in the world'? Think again. Kenny Dada reveals the trials and tribulations of working on front-of-house.

Review: The Riot Club

The Riot Club's potential only leaves the actual end product feeling all the more lukewarm and confused

Review: Magic in the Moonlight

Though not a classic, this is a charming and funny addition to the Woody Allen canon
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