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New humanities faculty building to open in 2025
A new humanities facility, located in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter along Woodstock Road, is to join the faculty buildings of Oxford University. The Schwarzman Centre is set to open...
Biology department urged to stand against badger culling
The department of Biology at the University of Oxford is facing calls for action...
SU-supported College Disparities Campaign launches to create equal ‘Oxford experience’
Following the release of The College Disparities Report, a subsequent College Disparities Campaign has...
Cornmarket Street and Queen Street to undergo ‘extensive repair works’
Oxford’s Cornmarket Street and Queen Street are scheduled to undergo "extensive repair works’’. Andrew...
Delayed New College accommodation which forced students into hotels officially opens
New College’s Gradel Quad has officially opened after month-long delays. The Quad, opened by...
Short, sharp shock
Rowena Mason meets up with Clare Short before her Union address to discuss her views on Tony’s war Clare Short has always been audaciously...
Who are we?
KHURUM BUKHARI examines Oxford’s diasporas and questions of identity within the UniversityIn the 12th century, the Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi wrote “While I in...
Say yes to Europe
Europe Playhouse Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October Ilan Goodman’s production of David Greig’s Europe asks the question “What is politics?”. At the same...
Also on stage…
Shakespeare’s Philoctetes Burton Taylor Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October The blending of plays from such opposing poles of theatre as Greek tragedy and...
Chatting up…Jamelia
What are you up to at the moment? I’m currently being mobbed by fans in a shopping centre! But apart from that, I’m touring...
Also happening…
Last chance to see Heroic Nakedness featuring a selection of male nude studies from the permanent collection at Christ Church picture gallery. Could be...
Sexy slaughterhouse chic
KILL BILL VOLUME 1Odeon George StreetFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Quentin Tarantino, the undisputed “daddy” of retro-cool, has made a blistering return to...
Mystic River
OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October In Eastwood’s latest directorial outing, a child playing with two friends is abducted but subsequently escapes. A few...
Cabin Fever
OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Cabin Fever is a welcome return to the format of the much loved traditional horror movie. The story...
Spellbound
OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October Thirteen year olds spelling excessively long words is not standard material for an edge of your seat thriller,...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
OdeonFriday 17 – Thursday 23 October 1899. The world is on the brink of war as a villain calling himself Phantom reaps doom and...
Albums: Siobhan Donaghy, Revolution In Me
Despite the release of two singles ‘Overrated’ and ‘Twist Of Fate’ (both included here), Ms Donaghy is probably still best known as the Sugababe...
Albums: 22-20’s, 05/03
The 22-20s:05/03Out next week ‘05/03’ is a modern rarity: a live album that does full justice to a very good live act. From the...
Albums: Travis, 12 Memories
Travis:12 MemoriesOut now After a promising start to their career, Travis have recently become much more of a poor man’s Coldplay. The uninspiring blend...
