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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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Huge names announced for September's festival of 'mind-expanding music'

Preview: Orphans

The Experimental Theatre Club promises a tense exploration of societal divide

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 8

This week to end our series Cathy Go writes about mornings, a cruel time all of us must eventually face — even in the vac

Review: Horseplay

Matt Roberts has a bizarre evening with the Revue at the Pilch

Review: Sketchy History

Matt Roberts really wanted to like this new sketch show from 'Three Men in a Boot'

Review: Rape of Lucretia

Caitlin Law is struck by an eery night at St Peter's Chapel

Spotlight: Five faint at Kane’s ‘Cleansed’

Matt Roberts reflects on dramatic violence and the hype of a cause célèbre

Review: Maud

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by this one man performance

Preview: Attempts On Her Life

Christian Bell previews BT Studio's latest production Attempts On Her Life

An art lover’s FIELD day

Miriam Gordis finds poetry in art at Anne Hardy’s exhibition

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 7

This week Alex Shaw writes about shaky foundations

Embracing the Wilderness

Ben Ray discusses nature with journalist Rob Cowen

Fairytales for a new age

Miriam Gordis interviews Desmond Elliott Prize winner, Ali Shaw

Review: Marriage of Kim K

Rose Taylor reflects on a remarkable new show at the O'Reilly

Rewind: William Carlos Williams

Tom Barrie reflects on the rebellious brevity of William Carlos Williams’ poetry

Culture Corner: David Mitchell & Cloud Atlas

Samantha Phey muses on Cloud Atlas’ exploration of human interconnectedness

Postcards: the last vestige of sincerity

Simran Uppal would quite like someone to pidge him a Valentine, but only if it’s physical

Looking through the window

Natasha Burton argues that postcards are more than just cultural snapshots

Minor Dundee?

Altair Brandon-Salmon looks back at Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee (1965)
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