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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...

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...

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...

Live

Hard-FiOxford ZodiacTuesday 18 OctoberEnthusiastic lead singer RichardArcher announced “We areHard-Fi! We love music, wehate racism!” at the beginning of whatlater became a rather remarkable...

Books

On BeautyZadie SmithHamish HamiltonIn a note at the end of her latest novel, On Beauty, Zadie Smith writes, “My largest structural debt should be...

Small screen

RomeBBC 22 November 9pmBleak HouseBBC 13 November 8pmThis week sees the start of notone but two period pieceson the BBC, both of whichwill appeal...

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...

Culture Vulture

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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