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Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...

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Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...

Art Antonia Rogers -

The Blue Trail: review

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...

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Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...

Books Hannah Becker -

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Bird Box: a victim of its own platform?

It is ironic that Netflix, the reason for the film’s rapid popularity, might also be the reason why it’s not as memorable a film as it could have been. Emilie Rapport Munro discusses whether Netflix overdid its latest hit

Surviving the Drama Scene

Do Oxford's student theatre productions have the longevity of professional shows?

Fade to Black – a history of the theatrical blackout

The convention which now seems part-and-parcel of theatre wasn’t always there – indoor venues and developments in lighting provided new staging opportunities. But what is the theatrical blackout for?

Review: What Comes After – ‘one of the most effortlessly flowing performances’

Wonderful set design, music, and performance make for a beautiful new song cycle by Máth Roberts

Coldplay heating up

The death of being embarrassed about playing Coldplay in the shower

Lust for Life: Lana Del Rey

A genre in herself, Lana’s sleepy Hollywood aesthetic and tragic love songs have earned her success in the indie pop scene. Under her...

NoFriendz: “Show up next time Oxford, you bastards”

Meet NoFriendz - they may not be your favourite band yet, but they probably deserve to be.

August’s Here Already

Newly formed supergroup August Greene use their music to bring to life the African American experience.

Cambridge carnage creators conquer Oxford

Cellar continues to be a goldmine of underground musical talent

Preview: You Are Frogs – ‘toes the line between playfulness and danger’

Practically Peter's production will be at the BT Studio until Saturday.

Review: I punched a Nazi (((and i liked it))) – ‘Brechtian to the absolute T’

I found out I wasn’t going to be allowed to punch a Nazi

Fantastic Cities: unveiling the complex realities, and fantasies, of urban life

A review of the Penny Woolcock exhibition at Modern Art Oxford

Hollywood’s lesser known gender gap

There's a lesser known gender gap in Hollywood - the difference in the shelflife of actors.

On the Basis of Sex: battling through a man’s world

Ruth Bader Ginsberg biopic shows how Felicity Jones and feminism can bring a legal drama to life

David Bowie: The art of getting on a bit

The life of Ziggy defied expectation.

Death and the maiden

An exploration of Verdi and the orchestra

Review: Bandages – ‘hard-hitting and unromanticised’

With visceral imagery and effective multi-roling, Radical Attic Productions' darkly feminist show explores the inheritance of abuse

Recoiling from the shock: how Dadaism swallowed a post-war Europe

Dada expanded beyond its art, morphing as it did into a political rather than an aesthetic revolution.

The Epilogue of a Lifetime

Julian Barnes’ third of three essays 'The Loss of Depth’ is an epilogue in form and in subject-matter, trapping the pulse of his wife’s memory in his intimate and moving portrait of grief.

Review: Redacted Arachnid – ‘has the audience close to tears with laughter’

The Owlets’ adaption of a Broadway legend provides great character performances and hilarious Beyoncé-inspired dance routines

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Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

The Blue Trail: review

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

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