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Singled out

Crazy,Alanis Morissette,Out 31 October (Download only)« ««One of the biggest problems whenyou’re a successful artist is that expectationpreceding any new material ishigh. With the...

Stage Exposed

Mike LesslieWriterExeter College, 3rd YearHow did you first start writing?I wrote my first play, Teenage Content,to try and win the cash for my school’s2001...

The Real Insp. Hound

The Real Insp. Hound, dir Sarah Markiewicz1 - 5 November, Moser: A classic English country housemurder mystery. Two boredtheatre critics who alternatebetween pretentiousness and...

Figs, Figures and Figureheads

THE AIR is constantly filled with water. The whole world is a beaded doorway. The wholeworld is swarming with jellyfish tentacles. I can’t eat...

Passe Notes

That guy at the back of their boat is so fit. And his splash top says “Oxford” on it. This crewdate is going to...

Eat

Where to go…when you’re hungoverWhere: The Big BangWhy: So you’ve woken up four feet away from your bed, on the bathroom floor or in...

Culture Vulture

CAMRA Beer FestivalSt. Aldates, Town HallThe Turf FestivalThe Turf Pub28 - 30 OctoberFour hazy days in the St. Aldates Town Hall marked the annual...

Small screen

FunlandBBC323 October, 10pm3/5HouseChannel Five27 October, 10pm4/5The new BBC comedy, Funland, is something of a conundrum. In some respects it’s like nothing you’ve seen before,...

Figs, Figures and Figureheads

I TAP the change in my pocket loudly, brass ripples in a brown cotton puddle. Inside my head there is a dog tied to...

Singled out

Finding Out True Love Is BlindLouis XIVout now« «« «This week’s first release comes from the weird and wonderful world of Louis XIV. Finding...

Stage Exposed

Lily SykesDirectorMagdalen College, 4th YearHow did you first get involved in directingin Oxford?I first started doing Cuppers – I wanted to act but noone...

Passe Notes

Oh my god it’s in for tomorrow morning. And it’s midnight.Never fear, Google’s here. But count your blessings: because you’re at Oxford rather than...

Eat

Where: QuodWhy: The billboards propped either side of the entrance declare Quod to be the place for any celebration or group meal. Located on...

Figs, Figures and Figureheads

NONE OF us know what’s next in our own unique way – we share that. Thefigs are stillborns that, one by one, are resigning...

Louis TherouxBorders11 OctoberFreaks. Conspiracy theorists. Eccentrics. Under the lens of Louis Theroux these anomalies become mesmerising and almost sympathetic. Theroux’s illuminating documentaries have been...

Small screen

According to the BBC, there was a ten year stretch of history that Britain had lost after the Second World War and which the...

Review

Mary Stuart, 18 to 22 October, O’Reilly: Elizabeth I is something of a favourite monarch among the English today, remembered not least thanks to...

Stage Exposed

Christopher (Kit) Nairne, University College, 4th Year, Techie: Kit is the Freshers and Brookes Rep for TAFF (Tabs Are For Flying - the techies’...

Size does matter

Taller in More WaysSugababesout 10 October« « « « «Perhaps what is most striking about the new Sugababes record is its schizophrenic stance. What...

Eat

First dates, first impressions: a minefield of potential faux pas, in which choosing the right restaurant is only the first. The desire to impress...

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