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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...
Books Romilly Ireland -

The paradox of uniformity: Who do we dress for?

Walking to chapel on a mid-winter Wednesday morning, you could almost be certain to...
Culture Tilly Stanley -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -

Fashion trends: The illusion of choice

Our fashion choices emphasise how our individual styles are limited by the available market, and what fashion magazines and brands declare as ‘in style’.
Culture Nancy Pierre -
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Oxford makes non-European history paper compulsory

Despite changes to the history syllabus, Rhodes Must Fall campaigners say it doesn’t go far enough

X-Rated?

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith and Megan Husain explore how clubbing attire for women is increasingly becoming sexier and more revealing

Pembroke condom cock-up

OUSU contraceptive change brings questions after students receive unexpectedly small welfare condoms

Making the shift from ‘model’ to ‘role model’

Francesca Salisbury looks at the rising trend of models who are breaking the narrow model mould

Feminism and fashion with Leomie Anderson

Nicole Rayment gets an insight into the life of a truly atypical Victoria’s Secret Angel, discussing the world of fashion and her new brand LAPP

Debunking the myth behind organic beauty

Beth Brand investigates the rising trend of ‘organic’ beauty and asks if we should be more sceptical

Woody Harrelson, lost in Oxford

Woody Harrelson dissects new film Lost in London, comedy, drugs, and global warming with Megan Husain and Olivia Webster

“Careless” press pigeonholes artists that deserve far more

Anoushka Kavanagh warns against letting Brexit derail the conversation around race and art

Class and conflict in the works of Leonora Carrington

Priya Khaira-Hanks explores the surrealist's attempt to come to terms with her class identity

“A moving and engaging performance… beyond the level of most student drama”

Freddie Crowley is impressed by the professionalism and intensity of the dystopian drama POMONA at the Keble O'Reilly this week

Analysing men, makeup, and masculinity

Beauty correspondent Beth Brand investigates the outdated stigma surrounding the male beauty industry

Oxford University is a risky investment

Michael Shao debates whether he would add the University of Oxford to his hypothetical portfolio of investments

The art of sex in fashion at the Met

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith reviews the diverse turn out at this year’s Met gala

Warhol and the importance of social exchange

Mia Neafcy explores the notion of consumerism in American capitalist society

Culture is a prop used to please the privileged

Kir West-Hunter gives a personal insight into the effects of cultural appropriation within white-washed fashion and beauty industries

Music without Borders

Prateek Alkesh sings the praises of sufi music in Bollywood

Shed your prejudice and free the Croc

Chloe Dootson-Graube investigates the outdated stigma surrounding fashion’s worst nightmare

Blind Date: “It soon became apparent that we were quite different people”

George Dickinson and Laura Savage bond over politics, yoga, and disappointing ale

Why are we against fun in fashion?

Daisy Chandley explores the problems that surround the fashion industry’s recent disdain for the big, the bright, and the ugly

‘The Parisian’ is a barrier to progressive fashion

William Hosie criticises the conservative approach to fashion and politics in modern France
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