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·10th September 2023

Creative Writing: Flora

Jo Carter
Image Description: A cluster of snowdrops in the foreground with a blurred background of purple flowers in a field  ANIMATED...
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Culture
·24th August 2023

Trainspotting and the cultural politics of the 90s

Tom Thornton
This article begins where any review of Trainspotting should – not with Danny Boyle or Irvine Welsh, but Margaret Thatcher....
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Culture
·10th July 2023

Queen of Oz review: Catherine Tate shines in disgraced royal role

Charlie Bowden
Catherine Tate came back to the spotlight last year with the news that she would be returning to Doctor Who...
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Culture
·21st June 2023

Creative Writing: An Ode to Oxford Exams

Bahira Malak
You sit in the tedious summer gloom,  The light from your window polluted   With the dust from your room  Exams...
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Culture
·10th June 2023

Earnestly irreverent: Oriel College Garden’s The Importance of Being Earnest

Jennifer Robinson
There was a lot going against me enjoying this play, that was completely outside of the Oriel College Garden production’s...
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Culture
·7th June 2023

“The one who pulls focus is as important as anyone in front of the camera”: in conversation with Edward Norton

Lukas Seifert
As I sit down to start the interview, I’m trying to square Edward Norton the person with Edward Norton as...
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Culture
·6th June 2023

Saucy, silly, fun for all the family: a review of Arctic Monkeys’ comeback

Eleanor Luxton
It is imperative that you see Arctic Monkeys soon. Very soon. On Wednesday night, the four-piece completed the second leg...
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Culture
·23rd May 2023

Magdalen Players’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream: a night of magic and mayhem

Jennifer Robinson
It’s Trinity term, the sun is shining, what better time to stage a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Shakespeare’s...
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Culture
·19th May 2023

Modern Marian gospel: a review of the devilishly funny Immaculate

Charlie Bowden
A delightful twisting of biblical precedent took place last week in the Michael Pilch Studio Theatre at Balliol College, as...
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Culture
·7th May 2023

Voices from Death Row: Lincoln College to host moving art exhibition

Charlie Bowden
On Sunday 7 and Monday 8 May, the Oakeshott Room in Lincoln College will come alive with the voices of...
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Culture
·5th September 2023

Oxford Open Doors to celebrate everyday city life through art

Charlie Bowden
On Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September, the Oxford Preservation Trust (OPT) will invite young people to engage with everyday...
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Food and Drink
·24th July 2023

New coffee and wine bar to open in Oxford city centre

Charlie Bowden
A new coffee and wine bar will be opening in Oxford’s city centre this summer. NewGround Coffee is a coffee...
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Culture
·22nd June 2023

That’s kinda (really) gay: A Night of Queer Music review

JM
When it comes to the arts, a lot of queer people’s spidey-senses (or Bi-Fi for my bi folks) go off...
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Culture
·12th June 2023

Warfare and family: Carte Blanche review

Charlie Bowden
Carte Blanche is a play of two reflective halves. Written by Maria Sigrid Remme and first performed in 2018, the...
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Culture
·8th June 2023

A priest walks into a garden play: review of Merton Floats’ Twelfth Night

Susie Barrows
It’s taken me since January 23rd when I submitted my Shakespeare portfolio to be able to face the bard again....
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Culture
·6th June 2023

Spelling Bee pandemonium (in a good way)

Johannah Mathew
The night before watching the Eglesfield Musical Society’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (directed by Harry...
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Culture
·31st May 2023

The best albums of spring 2023

Charlie Bowden
Music is a comfort to many, especially in the hectic chaos of an Oxford term. We’re almost halfway through 2023...
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Culture
·20th May 2023

Review: The High Performance Podcast Live

Tymoteusz Syrytczyk
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to see the High Performance Podcast live show in Oxford’s New Theatre. I...
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Culture
·9th May 2023

The lights, the party, the ballgowns: how outfits are used in the Eras Tour to define a whole discography

Johannah Mathew
I remember when (we broke up) the first images of Taylor Swift’s outfits for the Eras Tour were released: I,...
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