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As Americans head to the polls, Nasim Asl sat down with spoken word artist come rapper, George Watsky, to talk politics and poetry. As far as hip hop artists go, George Watsky is unusual. His journey to the genre has been a weird one. He brought out a collection of poetry and performed as a spoken […]
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James Kent is not yet a household name, although many will be familiar with his works. The director has previously dedicated most of his time to documentaries, with his moving portrayal of the events of September 11th 2001 in the form of 9/11: Phone Calls from the Tower gaining him perhaps his largest pre-cinema audience […]
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1) How has the campaign been going so far? The Socialist Party is standing two candidates in Oxford; Kevin Parkin in Oxford East and myself in Oxford West and Abingdon. We’ve attended many hustings events, which have given us the opportunity to voice an alternative to the status quo. I’ve been impressed by the […]
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How has the campaign been going so far & how has being in such a marginal constituency affected the campaign? In this constituency, every vote counts. I won this seat in 2010 with a majority of just 176, and it has been an honour and a privilege to represent Oxford West & Abigndon, my home, […]
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Since her time spent as OUSU VP for women in the 1990s, Sally Copley has gone on to work for a number of charities and in a number of campaigns, before the tables turned this spring. “It’s interesting, being lobbied by the people. I’ve always been on the other side of it”. Why the change […]
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It’s a busy life for a candidate fighting for a marginal seat – Layla Moran, physics teacher and Liberal Democrat, knows this better than anyone at the moment. Our meeting place demonstrates this, as we grab a half hour over her pub lunch. “The campaign is going amazing!”, she gushes, proud of the fact that […]
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Larry Sanders is the Green Party candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon. As a member of a smaller party, life isn’t the easiest when it comes to election season. “We haven’t got the money to get out all the leaflets. The Lib Dems and the Tories are pouring leaflets through the doors, but we’re completely […]
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Helen Salisbury is one of thirteen NHA candidates across the country that the electorate can vote for on May 7th. Formed as a direct result of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, the party were formed with the NHS and its survival in mind. “This act brought about a radical change to the NHS”, […]
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Following the unprecedented global success of Imagine Dragon’s debut studio album Night Visions almost three years ago, the Las Vegas group’s latest release had a lot to live up to. Released in the middle of February, Smoke + Mirrors rocketed straight to the top of the UK Album charts. It’s easy to see, given the […]
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Stuart Macdonald is the man up against David Cameron. No wonder he finds the election campaign “extremely hard work.” “The Tories in particular, and Labour to a lesser extent, have a machine there and massive national support – the Greens haven’t. Towards the end of the campaign I’ll be giving three or four presentations a […]
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We return to Middle Earth one last time for the finale of Peter Jackson’s second epic trilogy.
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Perhaps more famous now amongst the general populace for her role as Queen Elsa in Frozen, Idina Menzel reminds us all why we shouldn’t forget her extensive pre-Disney career with her latest album, Christmas Wishes.
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Calvin Goldspink’s debut EP, The Lemon Tree, dropped at a few weeks ago. The five tracks each offer listeners a glimpse into different abilities of Goldspink and create the musical variety and mixture needed from a debut LP. The originality of his sound is obvious with ‘Intro’, a very short instrumental piece that encompasses strings […]
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Sam Douglas is one fifth of Mallory Knox, one of the British alt-rock’s current frontier bands. As the popularity of similar genre groups – Lower Than Atlantis, Young Guns and Twin Atlantic to name a couple – increases, Mallory Knox have found themselves on the front lines of a rapidly expanding genre. “We’re very privileged […]
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The Scottish rock quartet Twin Atlantic released their third and most successful album to date, The Great Divide, earlier this year. They began their European tour at the start of the month, and following their UK October dates I caught up with bearded bassist Ross McNae. The Great Divide hit the UK Rock Chart top […]
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Netsky is a name that’s making waves among the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) community. The Belgian producer’s drum and bass albums have been incredibly successful so far, with Netsky bagging number ones for both his 2012 album ‘2’ and his latest single ‘Running Low’ (featuring Beth Ditto) in his home country.
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Leeds’ next big band has emerged. Although in the incubation stage that comes with a debut album, Eagulls have already impressed both at home and across the Pond, bagging a performance slot on US prime-time show David Letterman. Guitarist Liam Matthews is certainly aware of how well-earned the band’s ongoing success is. Ahead of the […]
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2014 has definitely been the breakout year for now-four piece Catfish and the Bottlemen. Between their 30-odd festival appearances, multiple video releases, earlier and upcoming tours and the impending release of debut album The Balcony, the Llandudno based group have seen their popularity and presence on the music scene eventually rocket. Long standing fans have […]
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Six-piece American group Phox returned to the UK in August, following the release of their self-titled debut album at the start of this month. The charming record has gained the sextet coverage from a whole host of publications, including the New York Times, as their coverage and fan-base starts to grow. We had a chat […]
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