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Seasonal reads: On childhood hobbies, growing up, and guilt

Reconnecting with reading is something many people tend to do on a summer holiday, and statistics suggest it is one of the only times the majority of  adults read...
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Between beer gardens and picnics: Climate Culture Care at the Ashmolean

When I returned to Oxford this term, just as England teased us with the sixth heat-wave of the year, I found myself at a loose end. With the deadline for two vacation essays still far in the distance, the sun lit up the sign for Soma Surovi Jannat’s Ashmolean Now exhibition, Climate Culture Care.
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“What is a good life?”: The Standard of Living in review 

“What is a good life?” This axiological question, asked earnestly in the opening lines of James Graham’s The Standard of Living – playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket until December 12 – is often overlooked by the fractured and hyper-specialised discipline of economics.
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Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović 

‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided people into...
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Conjuring some museum magic

Altair Brandon-Salmon is astounded by the Ashmolean’s Islam exhibition, Power and Protection

Review: It Felt Empty

Amaris Proctor is impressed by this immersive and thought-provoking explanation of the human effects of sex trafficking—a four star production

Preview: It Felt Empty

Miriam Nemmaoui looks forward to a hard-hitting and sensitive production

Live review: The Lovely Eggs, Cellar

Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks under the shell of The Lovely Eggs

Getting it right: political commentary and rap

David Lawton highlights the political potential of rap, and consigns folk and punk to the dustbin of history

A dark trend in music documentaries

David Lawton argues that the rebirth of the tortured artist’s image in music documentaries exploits pain

Rewind: The Gunpowder Plot

Thomas Athey seeks to learn the lessons of the Gunpowder Plot

Memes, Trump and MLG

William Shaw analyses the past, present and future of YouTube memes

Preview: Frankenstein

Nina Sandelson comments on this week's bold reimagining of the classic Gothic horror at the O'Reilly

“Dear Non-American Black…”

Hannah Chukwu discovers a new way to talk about race and multiculturalism in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

Scientists of the literary world

Daniel Villar marvels at those who bridge the divide between disciplines

US Elections: The Movie

Katie Sayer gives you comedy options for the end times brought about by the turbulent US election

Review: The Accountant

Despite Ben Affleck's performance as an action-ready autistic accountant, Markus Beeken is left amused but unconvinced by The Accountant

Review: The Nether

Nina Crisp is sucked into virtual reality by a magnificent production at the Playhouse

Backstage with Sharon Yip

Sapphire Shoferpoor and Sharon Yip talk clubs, directors, and getting creative on a budget

Review: The Skriker

Matt Roberts is seriously creeped out by this baby stealing, terror inducing Pilch show

Drugs, Childbirth, and Sandwiches: Trojan Women Review

Olivia Cormack enjoys an enthralling production of a darkly comic play about women after war

Review: Copenhagen

Mark Barclay tackles quantum theory and self referentiality at the Pilch

Folk, it is a-changin’

Daniel Villar discusses Bob Dylan’s legacy and the folk revival

Review: Michael Kiwanuka at the O2 Academy

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is enthralled by the variety of musical influences in Kiwanuka’s endearing set
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