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Oxford Maths Institute welcomes Oxford Photo Society

27th October 201821st October 2018Rachel Kevern

Formed in 1889, the Oxford Photographic Society is one of the oldest photographic groups in the UK. It is a not for profit organisation aiming to promote an active engagement with, and appreciation of, all forms of photography, regardless of the level of experience or area of interest of its attendees. From its humble home […]

Review: Gregory Alan Isakov at the Islington Assembly Hall

4th April 20175th April 2017OxStu Editor

Gregory Alan Isakov writes songs for travellers. He’s an indie folk singer-songwriter whose work depicts places and people you can visit with a single listen – which explains why people travelled from miles around to hear him weave his stories in London last night. The personal nature of much of his repertoire might have made […]

Review: Vikings 4.15, All His Angels SPOILER

4th January 20174th January 2017Minjie Su

Ragnar Lothbrok is dead. It happened just a few days before 2016 ended, in the latest episode of Vikings, a semi-historic drama loosely based on the medieval Icelandic Ragnars saga Loðbrókar (“saga of Ragnar the Hairy-breeches”). This episode is not the season finale, but it gives us the most shocking twist of plot: it kills […]

Heavy Petting – A Review

3rd February 20163rd February 2016Frey Kwa Hawking

The return of something resembling a legend, an institution, was heralded by the confidence of the classic opening and closing tracks, among them Stevie Wonder and David Bowie. This is Heavy Petting. We haven’t seen the Oxford Revue at the BT Studio in Hilary since 2014’s Family Values, before this reviewer’s time, and you can […]

“I finally made it to the top”, and don’t we know it: Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour, December 2nd 2015

3rd December 201511th February 2016David Parton

☆☆☆☆☆ Now I was never going to give Madonna anything less than a 5-star review. Even if she hadn’t turned up. But last night she proved that she was not only 5-stars, but the greatest living performer on earth. The over two-hour long extravaganza was a spectacle of such magnitude, evoking every possible emotion, that […]

Costume Design for Chicago

14th November 2013Fashion Editors

‘Costume designing Chicago is amazing. We have a fantastic range of different outfits to show off; from burlesque show-girls to commonplace reporters to vaudeville outfits and the murderesses’ abstract apparel. We wanted to use costume not only to inject colour onto the set, but also to reimagine the 1920s scene. The musical, crossing […]