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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...

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The burden of the face: Why are so many singers wearing masks?

We can all name at least one musician who has performed behind a balaclava, helmet, or hood. Whether to preserve anonymity, cultivate mystery, or construct an entirely new artistic identity, masking the face is common among those under the limelight.

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New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the...

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“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...

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Preview: Me & Mike

Surya Bowyer is impressed to find a play that stands out amidst Oxford's otherwise mediocre new writing

Live review: We Are Scientists

Calum Bradshaw queued, laughed, and moshed at Bristol Bierkeller

“David Cameron, you wanker!”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger discusses fandom and arts funding with Wolf Alice’s Joff and Joel

A Beginner’s Guide to… Kikagaku Moyo

Richard Birch explores the curious output of Kikagaku Moyo

The changing times of pop music

Thomas Athey examines the commercialisation of creativity

Review: Eye In The Sky – a warning about the costs of war

Apart from the climax, Rickman’s final film doesn’t have much ‘thrill’ for a thriller, writes Alistair Badenoch

‘You’ve not read this article?’

Markus Beeken lashes out against literary snobbery

Review: The Weir

There is a certain type of absolute silence that only comes with good storytelling – it is the silence of held breath, of absolute...

A dichotomy as old as time

Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless novel The Home and the World is perhaps the most underrated work in Indian literature. Published in 1916 in the febrile...

Interview: We Are Scientists

Daniel Curtis got the lowdown on touring, synths and songwriting

OxFolk Review: ‘In The Air Or The Earth’

‘In The Air Or The Earth’, the latest release by the Askew Sisters, is less a simple listening experience than an immersive storytelling session-...

Radiohead – ‘Burn the Witch’: First impressions

Harri Adams examines Radiohead's surprise new track

Interview: The Amazons

Richard Birch talks guitars and garish tattoos with Matt Thompson

Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – like microwave moussaka

Comedies based on stereotypes are ripe for criticism, but Miriam Nemmaoui managed to see beyond this, finding her own family represented in the Portokalos’