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Five years ago Christ Church student Scott Whitehead started writing his now finished novel ‘The Light Beyond the Garden Wall’. Set in the Middle East in 700BC, the story is a part historical, part inspirational fiction which follows the prophet Isaiah and the challenges involved in his coming of age. Going through an extremely difficult […]
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Chicken soup – you love it or you don’t. Either way, it is undeniable that the dish has souped its way into the hearts of people across the world, becoming a staple ‘rainy day’/’sick day’ comfort meal and an act of hostility to any kid who hates carrots (memories, shudder). Chicken soup’s broth is usually […]
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On 9th April, I spent my morning in Notre Dame cathedral. I had previously studied it in multiple art history classes, and thought, ‘Why not go?’ When I arrived, I was blown away. I stared in amazement at the portal sculpture of Saint Denis, a Christian martyr who was purportedly beheaded for his faith, before […]
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N.B-Nothing more spoilery than what was in the trailers “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” – Adapted from Robert Burns’ To a Mouse Now 3 films bigger, and one year later, than when I last reviewed it, the MCU has reached a turning point in its life. It’s already a cinematic […]
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Back in 2008, a new era of cinema was dawning, with Marvel, having finally shaken off the shackles of mistakes thirty years in the making. The Howard the Duck film was one such mistake, as while enjoyable, it didn’t exactly set the box office alight. Another was the collapse of the comics industry in the […]
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The Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has played host to many different artworks, from a large blue cockerel to a marble torso-bust of Alison Lapper. However, only one of the pieces that have graced the plinth has paid respects to the historical symbolism of Trafalgar Square, and in particular to Nelson’s Column itself. Yinka Shonibare’s […]
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Everything seems to be going rather well for Brandon Paak Anderson, known by his stage name of Anderson .Paak. Having recently played a sold-out show at Alexandra Palace, received a Grammy for best rap performance for his track ‘Bubblin’, and charted at 11 on the US Billboard 200 with his latest album, Oxnard, there seems […]
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In true Luddite fashion, I have tended to prefer art where I can see a clear and realistic depiction of life; what is more impressive than the ability to capture a fragment of life with such clarity that you can hardly distinguish it from a photograph? Nevertheless, I was intrigued by the spam I had […]
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Leaving the Jeff Koons exhibition at the Ashmolean, I was left with the mixed feelings of gladness and repulsion; gladness that I had seen an exhibition that is intriguingly complex, if only for how problematic it is, and disgust that was born of the realisation that his work was both artistically unoriginal and sexually regressive. […]
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As a wearer and lover of stash, I thought I would respond to an article, published by the OxStu, in which my beloved stash faced the opprobrium of a fellow student who sadly misses the point of stash altogether. I proudly admit to owning a plethora of different articles of stash, which includes a puffer jacket, […]
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The kaleidoscope. It was a personal favourite in my childhood toy arsenal. Forget the lego and the Barbies, I wanted that battered metal tube and all the psychedelic glory it contained. Fast forward a decade or so, and I see an advertisement for the KALEIDOSCOPE exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. I instantly wanted in. This […]
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Netflix’s chilling new documentary, The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, shocks the viewer into questioning how far the seeds of corruption are sown beneath the visible eye. Negative reviews, which slate the documentary for providing a poorly padded out summary of the case, indicate that its intended purpose has been missed by many. Although it doesn’t […]
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Today I’m a very lucky man writing about a very unlucky man. I’m lucky for seeing the Tate Britain’s Van Gogh and Britain before it opened. It’s an extraordinary exhibition, worth every penny. The unlucky man needs no introduction. Vincent Van Gogh is the quintessential tortured artist. Imaging him now, you’ve an an image of […]
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Warning: Potential spoilers ahoy. Fictional deaths are in vogue nowadays. A raisin-head dude snapped his fingers last year, and suddenly half of earth’s population were extinguished. And yet more demises could take place in Marvel’s phase three conclusion Endgame. But creators aren’t just making silver screen heroes pass into oblivion. The death count will no […]
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As a consumer, I am the disloyal type. I buy own brand, whatever’s cheapest; I latch onto other people’s accounts and do not mourn when I am eventually flicked away by a change of password; I don’t keep up with any TV shows and scale the New Statesman paywall each week via numerous incognito tabs, […]
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I am not the fashion police. I am not even the fashion civil service. I am, at the very best, some minor local government body of fashion; a member of the parish style council, maybe. But even in from this lowly vantage point, I feel obliged to offer some advice to the general populace of […]
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Part of me loves going to lectures that I know are not 100% relevant for my papers. Perhaps the lecturer will talk about an author I’m not going to be examined on in finals, allowing me a few guilt free minutes of ecstatic freedom to scribble dresses. I don’t sit too close to the front, […]
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So, you were at the Brits last night – how were they? You took along a listener, can you tell us more about how that came about? Yeah, so we went with Katie. We do a thing called Bleak Mornings at around half past six to get the show going; we have people who share […]
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What do you think should be done about the cuts in music education? Should we let music as a discipline die out? What did you enjoy about music classes at school? Did you find them valuable? In truth, I am writing this because in the pitch for this article a particular question angered me: Should […]
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