Friday, January 24, 2025

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Gallery Panel Discussion: ‘The Role of the Curator in the Public Gallery’

An evening spent at Modern Art Oxford with three of the brightest sparks in organisation of exhibitions across England revealed a great deal about...

Club review: Sex On the Beat, Wed 30th Jan

Where can I begin with Sex on the Beat? With the beat. The night is all about the music: a fusion of dirty electro,...

Exhibition Review: Emma Dougherty, ‘Phi*lat*e*ly’, at ‘The Vaults’

In Spectrum I, eight long canvases hang in a line. In lifeless cooperation, the yellow gives way to the red, the red to the...

Exhibition Review: Chinese Prints 1950-2006 at the Ashmolean, Part 2

by Lucy ArchibaldPart Two of the Ashmolean’s Chinese Prints exhibition showcases the work of established Chinese printmakers to Western audiences for the first time....

Review: The Flu Season

by Sophie FrewSee also: video preview of the play A few first night fluffs aside, this cast made a very strong team under...

Review: Dangerous Liaisons

by Frankie Parham *** Beneath all the powdered wigs and tightly strung corsets, 18th century France was bursting with selfish, sex-crazed,...

COMMENT: Gordon Brown: My (Small) Part in his Downfall

by James Wright.No, I’m not behind the Northern Rock crisis. No, I’m not the cause of current global economic uncertainty. And no, despite the...

CD review: Vampire Weekend

4/5Vampire Weekend- Vampire WeekendAfter the buzz generated by the Blue CD-R, a self-produced demo distributed by the band at gigs last year, and a...

Video: Classy Accommodation

Rachel Fraser and Sarah Karacs investigate Teddy Hall guests and discover that tensions break out as worlds collide.

7 days, £10

The ultimate student challenge: to live for a week on a budget of £10. Can it be done? Our anonymous investigator finds out. ...

Fit College: Trinity or Worcester?

See pictures here!Trinity... ...or Worcester? 

Oriel student attacked at knife-point in St Clement’s

A female Oxford student was robbed and chased at knife-point in the early hours of Tuesday morning on Marston Road. The Oriel student was...

Oxford top of the class for student bursaries

Oxford University is one of the most generous investors in student bursaries, spending over £1.8m a year, according to new figures.The statistics, gathered by...

Oxford fails to ban Sheldonian protests

The University has failed to block animal rights activists from protesting outside graduation ceremonies after a High Court judge threw out its request for...

CINECISM

Eithne Bradley defends Hugh Grant’s acting talentPretty much any block-busting British film of the last decade will have featured one man: the wonderful, fluttery-eyed...

Israel debate goes pear-shaped after key speaker switches sides

The Oxford Union became the focus of international attention once again last Thursday after a controversial guest speaker decided to change sides mid-way through...

Film: Things We Lost in the Fire

4/51 February Just to be clear: this is not a film for everybody. It’s not sensational, it’s not cult, it probably won’t be...

Private schools to profit from A-level reform

A government-backed report has suggested that private school students will be more likely to secure an Oxford place after reforms to the A-level system...

Film: Penelope

3/51 February What I like about Penelope is the one-eyed midget. It’s a mark of the film’s charm, and central to its message, that...

Modern Manners: Internet Networking

Let’s face it, we’re all addicted to Facebook. I’m sure I’m not alone in checking my notifications just after I get up and just...

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