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Ahnaf Abdul

Review: Some Voices

The company behind last term's 'Much Ado' return with an ambitious play about schizophrenia

Interview: Ruth Padel

Cherwell talks to Ruth Padel, Oxford's new Professor of Poetry

Preview: The Servant’s Ball Blitzkrieg

Our reviewer finds much to praise in the demotic magic and postcolonial absurdism of this original production

Review: Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival

Ahnaf Abdul looks back over this year's festival

Dubious Stains

Anne Fadiman's 'At Small and Large'.

Poetry in Motion

Andrew Motion's 'Ways of Life'