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Wadham College’s annual Wadstock has announced the first three bands to be performing on their stage. Returning to the stage are Wadham’s own singer-songwriter Michael Kurtz and the Rough Edge Brass Band. Joining them in the announcement is Full Circle Blue, described by the Wadham College Entz as a band playing “blues-honeyed, guitar-drenched and reggae-funk […]
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Image credit: Bill Ebbeson. Description: Damon Albarn performing in 2010. Japanese culture considers it rude for someone to greet the day’s weather with impractical choices of clothing. Who knows if Damon Albarn is comfortable offensively sweating it out in a long-sleeve omelette yellow sweater and jeans on a sluggish, sultry evening in the Tuscan city […]
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Image credit: Annie Spratt. Description: a craftsman creating small molds for silversmithing. ‘Handmade in Britain’ was established in 2007 to provide a creative platform to support and promote design and craft talent in the UK. Their commitment to promoting the work of talented makers, designers and craftspeople has seen already led them to establish annual […]
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Featuring: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Gorillaz, The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, The Vaccines, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Courteeners, The Script, The Kooks Flight Facilities, David Byrne We say we go to festivals for the acts. (‘The line-up looks sick, honestly mate. Noel’s there. Got any papers?’) […]
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Image Credit: cyclonebill (CC-BY-SA-2.0) Gin Festival Ltd, a company which runs gin festivals across the UK, has cancelled what was to be Oxford’s 2nd annual Gin Festival. After a successful 1st year in 2017 the company had hoped to host their 2nd event in Oxford Town Hall from the 5th to 7th October. The company […]
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Sitting in the middle of a field in London, pint in hand, listening to some of the most exciting bands of our time as the sun set, I felt like I had potentially taken escaping the ‘Oxford bubble’ a little too far. Though it was winding to the end of a long sixth week, the […]
Continue ReadingOriginally launched in Manchester in 2015, Junkyard Golf Club is a new take on crazy golf, with nine-hole courses that are immersed in curious environments created from reclaimed and repurposed junk, car boot sale finds and charity shop treasure – all combined with a bar and a lot of UV paint. On the 5th of June, […]
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Organisers have begun preparations for this weekend’s Common People festival in South Park. The festival, whose headlining acts are Ride, James and The Jacksons, is returning to Oxford on 26th-27th May for its second year. A second Common People festival will be taking place at the same time in Southampton. Indie rock band Ride, who […]
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As Trinity term gets under way the novelty of coming back after Easter begins to wear off and the burden of prelims, finals, or, in my case as a second year with no exams, sheer boredom, begins to weigh heavily. It is at this point where I like to look beyond the rigidity of an […]
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On Saturday 21st April, the Oxford Academy opened its doors to FitFest, Oxfordshire’s largest fitness and wellness festival. The event featured a range of fitness classes, talks from wellbeing and motivational experts, and a range of cooking demos for healthy eating. Naturally, as a foodie, I was at the front of the audience for everything […]
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In the wake of Wadstock and Coachella, the festival season is soon to be upon us. Thus, it seems only appropriate for OxStu Fashion to discuss some key essentials for our favourite season. Festival fashion can be seen through the likes of celebrities such as Vanessa Hudgens as well as a multitude of fashion bloggers, […]
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Fans of experimental indie rock, here’s one for your calendar: On Saturday 21st, the inaugural edition of Ritual Union festival will come clashing and jangling its way down Cowley Road, boasting an array of live acts from across the globe. All day and over multiple venues (including the O2 Academy, The Bullingdon, and The Library), […]
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Brainchild, set up by a group of friends in 2012, is a festival popping with creative attractions. Held in July at the brilliantly eccentric Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum, whose beautiful steam train puffs and toots on a railway track which circles outside the festival space, Brainchild really is one of a kind. Unlike at […]
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‘Welcome to the void’, it proclaimed, slurring its words and beckoning with an unsteady hand: Psychedelia first captivated British music in the 60s with vivid and immersive soundscapes, exploring the known and unknown alike. However, it’s a mistake to think of the psychedelic heyday as a bygone era, as ambition and evolution continue to characterise […]
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On the day I saw Frank Ocean at Lovebox Festival in London, the news came through that a California judge had allowed a lawsuit filed by his father, Calvin Cooksey, against him, to continue its progress through the courts. The judge called the defences Ocean had offered against his father’s claims “devoid of any factual […]
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Of all the festivals set to grace fields across Britain this year, Wilderness (3rd-6th August) is arguably the most eclectic. Back for its sixth year, this four-day cultural extravaganza set in a protected woodland in the heart of the Cotswolds could be your Oxford “staycation” if you’re stuck in the Bod or lab over summer […]
Continue ReadingFrom one music fan to another, 21st-23rd of July are dates to save – Whether you’ll be celebrating the end of your degree, or just the survival of another year, Hill Farm in Abingdon is the place you want to be. In honour of its 20th birthday, this year’s Truck Festival is on course to […]
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On the last morning of the festival, everyone gathered around the campsite to pour a libation over the heap of crumpled beer cans and crisp packets that formed the centre of our community. The scene would have made for a good skin cancer awareness advert, as we sat there rubbing Tp onto our red knees. […]
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If Lisa Blower’s short stories are anything to go by, then her debut novel, Sitting Ducks, is something to get excited about. She has previously won The Guardian’s National Short Story competition, was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award, as well as being featured in Comma Press and Radio 4. I chat to […]
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