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Professor of Poetry: Time for a Change?

Lily McIlwain on how the current election has cast light on the state of poetry in Oxford and beyond

Loading the Canon: Barbara Pym

Lily McIlwain calls for the addition of Barbara Pym to the literary establishment

We should stop fetishising independent bookstores

Lily McIlwain’s tour of Oxford’s bookshops raises some questions concerning student ‘support’

Loading the Canon: Gil-Scott Heron

Lily McIlwain calls for the addition of a new writer to the literary establishment

Fed up with festivity? Try our anti-Christmas reading list

Satisfy your inner Scrooge with Lily McIlwain's recommended anti-Christmas literature

Review: The Oxford Revue’s Christmas Party

Lily McIlwain enjoys an uproarious evening of comedy

Review: Our Fathers

Lily McIlwain is moved by theatre group Babakas' thoughtful exploration of fatherhood

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