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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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Marion Cotillard shines as the star of this socially conscious tale of the realities of the current employment system

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Having seen Frantic Assembly's production of Othello several years ago, Katherine Cowles argues that it's vibrancy will be well worth seeing this autumn at the Oxford Playhouse

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Review: The Rover

A revelatory Robert Pattinson transforms this post-apocalyptic thriller into a nuanced and engaging character drama

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Oxford’s culture vultures

Naomi Polonsky takes a look at Oxford alumni known for their cultural endeavours

Review: Dry The River – Alarms In The Heart

Luke Barratt is pleased with the Newbury rockers' difficult sophomore effort

Oxford’s literary ghosts

Naomi Polonsky takes a look at the fictional characters who attended, and perhaps still haunt, Oxford University

Review: The Giver

Cody Gifford delves into the societal implications of Jeff Bridges' novel adaptation, The Giver.

Review: Malevich at the Tate

Naomi Polonsky considers the importance of this Russian artist in 20th century art at the retrospective of his work

Review: The Inbetweeners 2

This second cinematic outing for the Inbetweeners gang does nothing new but still has its funny moments

Is Kickstarter’s time up?

Sam Joyce looks at whether Kickstarter is still a filmmaker's financial saviour.
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