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Image description: Man on horseback with man next to him on a bike in front of a pink sky with the title ‘Dusklands’ in pink font Dusklands is difficult to describe. In the words of its director Bruno Atkinson it is a ‘post-colonial, post-virus Don Quixote, which just happened to be filmed.’ The short film […]
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Image Description: a large red MOTEL sign against a blue sky Like a lot of Schitt’s Creek fans, I was late to the game and only discovered the sitcom on Netflix during quarantine, five years after its premiere. Now I am not saying that the show wouldn’t have been awarded its well deserved nine Emmys […]
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Image Description: A Dalmatian perched upright against a metal fence, looking into the camera. If you’ve ever watched the movie 101 Dalmatians and wondered just why the maniacal antagonist Cruella de Vil wanted to murder and skin over a hundred puppies, then you’re in luck. Disney’s new film Cruella is the latest live-action reboot to […]
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Image description: Cinema lobby lit up in neon pink lighting Cinemas have reopened, and according to my completely unbiased and totally comprehensive research, nobody in England is as excited about this as I am. I was never a massive film fan before the pandemic; I’d usually watch a few Oscar nominees and winners annually to […]
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Image description: Daði & Gagnamagnið performing on stage with a purple and blue background and sparkling lights Picture it now, and wipe a tear from your eye. Last year, Gay Christmas was cancelled. Due to go ahead in May 2020, the pandemic forced the 65th Eurovision Song Contest off our screens, and a microwave meal […]
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Image description: a large crowd and colourful flags in front of Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage The world-renowned Glastonbury Festival attracts 200,000 seasoned festival-goers and newcomers alike to its home in Pilton, Somerset, every year. While well-accustomed to the odd ‘fallow year’ to allow the site’s land to regrow, the festival first opened its gates to […]
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Image Description: Monochrome photo of hands holding a copy of Marquez’s book “Over the weekend the vultures got into the Presidential Palace by pecking through the screens on the balcony windows, and the flapping of their wings stirred up the stagnant time inside, and at dawn on Monday the city awoke out of its lethargy […]
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Image Description: An array of vintage cassette tapes One of my favorite things about music is that there truly is never a shortage– new music is constantly being created, and in the streaming age we have access to recordings from the early 20th century onwards. Still, somehow I frequently find myself in phases where I […]
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Image Description – promotional image for the album; Arlo Parks’ sits on an orange chair with album title written next to her Arlo Parks’ breakout album is a 40-minute long exploration of adolescence, anguish and acceptance. Diaristic lyrics and a kaleidoscope of influences seep through Parks’ honeyed voice and mellow tunes in “Collapsed in Sunbeams”. […]
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Image description: Two actors playing Romeo and Juliet kissing on stage in period costume The National Theatre’s new film, Romeo and Juliet, was intended to be a full run theatre production last year. But of course, like most things, it was derailed by the pandemic. With a full (and impressive) cast, a theatre, some set […]
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Image Description: poster used to advertise the production, a tree made out of abstract images of people on a black background Exploring grief through music, Oxford Contemporary Opera Society has commissioned 5 pieces that move through the stages of grief. Throughout the performances, dissonant chords and large ranges in the melody present challenges for the […]
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Image Description: A crowd in a concert venue, a silhouette of a hand is in focus on a background of yellow lighting. In better times, concerts were easily my favourite night out. There’s something about the ebb and flow of a crowd that makes music that much more thrilling. I have very vivid memories of […]
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Image Description: still from WandaVision of the main characters Wanda and Vision in a living room Saturdays are starting to feel anticlimactic. As a WandaVision fan, you wait a whole week for an episode. On Friday you literally FLY out of bed to watch the 30-minute episode waiting for you in digital paradise. As you […]
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Image Description: poster for the podcast, reading “Relatively”, with siblings standing beside each other With two younger sisters, both with strong personalities, my life has been defined by sibling relationships. But it is not something I have ever given much thought. We spend hours agonising over our romantic relationships, and we are often very conscious […]
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Image Description: Haim performing at a concert, singing and playing guitar. Haim’s 3rd studio album, Women in Music Part III is a triumph. Affectionately known as WIMPIII, and released in June, the album has found a primary place on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and was the no.1 album in the UK for a week. Its […]
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Image description: characters Claire and Camille from Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood Ryan Murphy’s newest creation dropped on Netflix at the start of May. Hollywood is a miniseries, incredibly binge-able at only 7 episodes. It tracks the production of the movie ‘Peg’, where a white woman commits suicide as a result of the hostile Hollywood environment. This […]
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Image Description: The Hollywood sign “Terrible things were happening all around us. Right next to me a huge reptile was gnawing on a woman’s neck, the carpet was a blood-soaked sponge – impossible to walk on it, no footing at all. ‘Order some golf shoes,’ I whispered. ‘Otherwise, we’ll never get out of this place […]
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Content warning: this article contains brief mentions of sexual abuse and substance abuse. Last week, I was fortunate to have a ticket to a private performance of ‘People, Places, and Things’, held in the kitchen of a student house in Cowley. With the playwright – Duncan Macmillan – having not yet released the rights to […]
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The lecture theatre at Balliol college was bustling with enthused students on 6th February, as a plethora of exciting poets graced the room with undeniable vivacity and artistry. Among these poets was Stephen Romer, a talented orator and personality who selected a range of short poems to read, from thoughtful musings on love, to summers […]
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