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Cherwell tries: Parkour

Cherwell sends a chronically unfit reporter to give Parkour a try

Shark Tales – Series 3 – Episode 5

Alexander Fox and Tess Colley return to Park End Street for the last time this year, and the last time ever, to hear about the Gold Rush, Oxford memories and plenty of licking.

Review: Calvary

Tess Colley is amazed and amused by John McDonagh's arresting tale of church and community

Review: Look Back in Anger

Tess Colley enjoys Osborne's classic at Edinburgh Fringe

Preview: 1984

Tess Colley expects good things from this adaptation of Orwell's classic

Review: Endeavour

Spire-porn at its best? Oxford is the real star of this Morse prequel, writes Tess Colley

Don’t blame universities for low state school admissions

Tess Colley argues that government treatment of the state sector has damaged state school chances of admissions to the Russell Group.

Focus on… the New Writing Festival

Tess Colley talks to writers and directors from OUDS' annual festival

Review: Antigone

Tess Colley is not convinced by this modern adaption of a Greek Tragedy

Focus on… Dance in Oxford

Tess Colley talks to Emily Romain from Dream Again Dance Co.

Review: They Will Be Red

Tess Colley enjoys a curious new play at the Burton Taylor

An IMPressive Show

Tess Colley catches up with The Oxford Imps at their first show of term

Playing (the mother of) God

Tess Colley reminisces about her starring role in the school nativity