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It was another cold afternoon in the fridge. Danish Pastry was chilling alone on his shelf, which was just how he liked it. He enjoyed being the pastry with all the secrets. The stupid humans had left him in there over night. He laughed and lit a cigarette. No flakey crust for them. Things […]
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Stepping into the shadows of Jesus College’s candlelit hall on a sunny Saturday afternoon, the audience find themselves plunged into the equally shadowy world of 17th century Italy, the setting of Webster’s revenge-tragedy The White Devil. Vittoria Corombona, passionately played by Sophie Claypole, falls in love with the Duke of Bracciano (Basil Bowdler) and in […]
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For the past fifteen years or more, the European art cinema scene has increasingly come to be dominated by one outstanding and frequently controversial director: the Austrian Michael Haneke. Other directors have produced films just as distinctive and just as widely praised – Lars von Trier and Béla Tarr spring easily to mind – but […]
Continue ReadingAn Oxford professor has seemingly ‘solved’ the mystery of the Himalayan Yeti. Bryan Sykes, a professor of Human Genetics, concluded that there is evidence that the famous creature is a sub-species of brown bear. Sykes, a fellow of Wolfson College, subjected suspected yeti hairs to the most advanced tests available. He revealed that the hairs […]
Continue ReadingEver feel like the only ignoramus in a roomful of culture aficionados? If you can’t be a buff, learn to bluff… GOTHIC FICTION Need To Know • Genre of literature combining horror and romance that began in the mid-18th century with the publication of Walpole’s novel The Castle of Otranto. Prominent features include psychological and […]
Continue Reading“Where did he go now then?” He looked across the dining table at his wife with a deep frown. She put a finger gently to her lips to signal silence and pointed downwards. He made a slight start, bent sideways as if to look under the table, but did not lift the cloth as his […]
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