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Review: Cyrano de Bergerac – ‘A clever adaptation of a timeless play’

I’m ashamed to admit I almost mistake Cuigy (Kate Burke) and Brissaille (Nancy Gittus) for incredibly dapper audience members before the play begins. The sweet jazz that pipes out...

Why reading for pleasure still matters at Oxford

The idea of students reading for pleasure during term time has sparked much debate....

The Pasts Contained in Preloved Books at the Oxford Premier Book Fair

Although post-collections celebrations usually involve nights out, followed by long, long lie-ins, I spent...

Review of ‘Intermezzo’: Chess, law, and the philosophy of language in yet another Rooney masterpiece

I thought it perplexing that critics felt Intermezzo similar to other works by writer...

Future Perfect: Book Review

Josh Cowls reviews Future Perfect by Steven Johnson, a book that looks at 'networked thinking' and its impact on progress

Preview: Oxford University Sinfonietta

Katy Wright picks out her must-see end of term event.

Taking a Leith out of her Book

Patrick Scott finds a lot to admire when talking to Prue Leith about her career as a businesswoman and author.

Review: ‘This Christmas Night’: Worcester College Choir

Katy Wright finds Worcester College Choir to more than live up to Oxford's tough choral scene.

Preview: Titus Andronicus

Finola Austin sees an active, unusual and promising production of the gory classic

Review: Swimming Home, by Deborah Levy

Ellie Halls has misgivings about Deborah Levy's much lauded, but unsettling novel

Review: Crystal Castles – (III)

A dizzying assault on the senses from the Canadian experimental duo.

Riding An Awesome Wave

Olivia Arigho Stiles talks drugs and debauchery with 2012 Mercury Prize winners Alt-J

Bonfire Bonanza

Sophie Baggott and Freddie Bowerman remember remember the fifth of November

Behind the Scenes: Volpone XXX

Volpone goes for the gutter in a unique analysis of marketing strategies

Preview: Jane Eyre

Evy Cavalla expects great things from Polly Teale's reworking of a classic

Zoom in on…OU Photo

Oxford University Photography Society president Carl Turpie talks to Sophie Baggott about honing your photography skills in Oxford

Review: Beats

Heather Young urges you to see this experimental piece of new writing

Review: A Little Night Music

Evy Cavalla finds this play strong in performance, but lacking in its content

Review: A Country Doctor

Francesca Cioni recommends this unique and vivid experience

Review: Life Sentence

Despite its many flaws, Life Sentence offers an audacious and dynamic production

A decade under the influence

Patrick Scott talks to The Cribs about being ten years old.

Review: Rust and Bone

Georgina Pollard is put through the wringer by this powerful French drama

Preview: O Human Child

Max Dalton urges readers to be lured into this Bacchanal ritual.

Preview: Life Sentence

Alexander Woolley looks forward to this original comedy about a hypochondriac