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Night School: Oxford’s after-hours curriculum

The first time I saw Nahom and Ethan, it wasn’t on a night out – it was an early morning. I was shuffling through the half-awake crowd when my...

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‘Delusions and Grandeur’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ If there is one word to describe Karen Hall’s Delusions and Grandeur, it is...

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The Oxford Revue at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Returning for their 62nd annual pilgrimage to the Edinburgh Fringe, the Oxford Revue rolled...

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Academia is hell, literally: R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’

R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis touches on a range of near-universal academic experiences: impostor syndrome; frantic,...

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The OFS performance of late-1930s classic The Philadelphia Story is hugely enjoyable

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Culture

Night School: Oxford’s after-hours curriculum

‘Delusions and Grandeur’ at the Fringe

The Oxford Revue at the Fringe

Academia is hell, literally: R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’

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