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·29th October 2014

Fast-rising Rockers Eliza and the Bear talk success, songwriting and opening for Paramore

Jessy Parker Humphreys
Even if you have not heard of Eliza and the Bear, you are likely to have listened to them due...
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·27th January 2011

the ingestigator: Fire and Stone

Fire and Stone George St The idea behind Fire and Stone is that its hallmark pizzas are grouped into different...
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Entertainment
·9th November 2016

‘A delightful opera sure to put a smile on your face’ Albert Herring: A Preview

Betty Yang
Albert Herring, Britten’s comic masterpiece, gleefully revels in an operatic middle ground. A whimsical plot that is set against a...
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Culture
·24th May 2019

‘A Little Night Music’ at The Queen’s College

Amelia Stout
Adaptations of this musical have famously been met with varying degrees of success, but this modern version was charming. Full...
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Entertainment
·4th March 2014

‘A Night to Remember’ isn’t a lie

Madeleine Perham
✮✮✮✮ Chutney and Chips came to reinvent the canon, to shake up Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a cocktail...
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Life
·11th June 2018

‘All Points East’ day festival: the perfect balance between energy and elegance

Megan Griffiths
Sitting in the middle of a field in London, pint in hand, listening to some of the most exciting bands...
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Entertainment
·20th February 2017

‘Art for the Heart’ at the Oxford Students’ Disability Community

Minjie Su
An inclusive society, the Oxford Students’ Disability Community (OSDC) aims to promote understanding of disabilities and to bring together students...
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Entertainment
·5th July 2014

‘Black Bond’?

Jonny Payne
“I’ve always detested the phrase ‘Black Bond,’ I just don’t understand it.” So spoke Idris Elba in reply to the...
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Gaming
·13th October 2021

‘Bloodborne’ and the art of adapting Lovecraft

Charley Archer
Image description: the protagonist of ‘Bloodborne’ falls to their knees in witness of a Lovecraftian nightmare The question of video...
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Entertainment
·31st January 2017

‘Characters who aren’t people’: The expressionist wonder of Wes Anderson

Off-kilter and distinctively dollhouse, Wes Anderson has always had his own instantly recognisable Bohemian brand. With an unconventional very dry...
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Entertainment
·27th January 2011

Smile for the Camera!

Claire Davis reviews O3's new exhibition Rad Cam!
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·13th November 2013

‘100’% must-see

Rebecca Henderson
✮✮✮✮ With the prizes and prestige of the original show combined with gritty themes of human existence and value, it...
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Entertainment
·14th January 2019

‘A fresh take’ for Doctor Who’s latest reincarnation

Charlie Willis
At its heart, Doctor Who is a serial, and the standalone episodes this season have been by far the highlight....
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Entertainment
·7th September 2019

‘A Love Story’ by Émile Zola

Catherine Jamieson
Image Description: “The Boulevard Montmartre at Night’ by Camille Pissarro  This little novel by Zola (published in 1878) begins in...
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Entertainment
·24th January 2019

‘A sight to behold’: ‘The Favorite’ review

Nat Rachman
Yorgos Lanthimos’s excellent new film The Favourite is a bodice-ripper of a different sort. Gone are the breathy declarations love,...
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Entertainment
·30th October 2015

‘And Breathe…’ is a welcome breath of fresh air

Daniel Haynes
Jayne Wilton has spent the last decade exploring the act of breathing, collaborating variously with particle physicists to capture the...
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Entertainment
·2nd June 2017

‘Avenue Q’: A Coming-Of-Age Story With A Twist

Jasmine White
Avenue Q is a coming-of-age story with a twist: most of the characters are Sesame Street-style puppets.  The latest show...
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Entertainment
·28th April 2017

‘Blavatsky’s Tower’: Claustrophobic Family Drama

Julian Sunley
Blavatsky’s Tower is a claustrophobic family drama. Leaving the Michael Pilch studio, it felt as if the apartment’s internal tensions...
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Entertainment
·8th February 2017

‘Bullets for your Valentine?’: A review of cinema’s killer couples

Clio Takas
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, love is in the air, and on our screens. But this Valentine’s Day, instead of...
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