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Theatrical Thrills

Adrienne Foerster in defence of the indoor play.

Theatrical Thrills

Matt Wright takes a young lady to Indian Ink.

Pete’s week

The first thing I ever wrote for Cherwell was an argument for shooting every student journalist in the face. This was an overt encouragement...

Margot At The Wedding

2/5 If you are expecting yet another hilarious American wedding comedy á la My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Wedding Singer, you will be disappointed....

Measure for Measure

OFS27th February-1st MarchRating: 2/5Measure for Measure received four star reviews in the OxStu and Cherwell, which I can’t help but feel is a little...

CINECISM

Thomas Barrett finds Blade Runner dull and horribleFirst off, I’m not that much of a sci-fi fan. Shiny lasers and bizarre costumes are all...

Pete’s Week

What would most put me off in a partner?Standards.I’m applying for a blind date, because where love’s concerned, I can’t get into any club...

If I were Vice-Chancellor for a day…

...I'd introduce house-elvesStop me if you’ve heard this one before - but daily life in Oxford can be quite manic. Running between a tutorial...

Student Soapbox

Last week’s comment from Usaama al-Azami, entitled ‘What the Sharia means to Muslims’, was instructive in providing just the reverse: it gave us an...

Pete’s Week

We lost three freshers under a collapsed stack of the Oxford ForumEntering a JCR the other day, I collided with a stack of Isis...

If I were Vice-Chancellor for a day…

...I'd introduce Naked ThursdaysIn an episode of Friends, that cultural chronicle of the ‘90s, Joey tries to get Rachel to agree to live in...

Gee Whizz

Robo-Erotica? Maybe NotHow much do you like your girl/boyfriend? ‘Lots’ might be an appropriate answer, but then there are always those annoying little traits...

Student Soapbox

Thirty-five years ago, the UN ratified the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. It took the historical experience...

If I were Vice-Chancellor for a day…

...I'd turn quads into swimming pools After careful and sustained watching of television programming in the JCR, I have come to the conclusion that...

Old Stagers: The Kiss

An ex-girlfriend, after the odd tête-à-tête, revealed to me that the first man she had ever kissed was now acting in the play in...

Student Soapbox

by Katharine Wall As I came down the stairs this morning, I found a letter on the doormat – ‘a personal message from Nick Clegg.’...

Pete’s week

 “Last week, I had my Union card confiscated for filling an armchair with vomit” Alcohol’s great. It’s humanity’s favourite way of smashing awkward reality...

Student Soapbox

 by Katharine Halls I’m always wary of so-called experts enlightening us with new discoveries about gender differences, especially when it looks remarkably like the received...

Editorial

It’s not often that Education Guardian has something nice to say about Oxford. The O-word is usually whipped out to make a lazy jibe...

Pete’s week

Peter Bowden tells it like it isAn hour into OUSU Council, there came a hollow, echoing thunk: a grenade, pinless and imminent. Sadly, this...
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