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Slow down, you crazy child: What Oxford student theatre can learn from garden plays

Student theatre strives to be as professional as possible, but the annual garden play offers something unique: permission to have fun.

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Rap as poetry: ‘The Odyssey’ and the breakdown of the medium

When interviewed on his decision to cast Travis Scott as a bard figure in...

Music Niamh Hoyland and Val Michael -

Hag, Nag, Harpy, Hen: Olivia Plender’s ‘Little Fennel’s Complaint’

It is the examination of archaic methods and attitudes surrounding women’s bodies, and the idea of the ‘nagging’ woman, which runs through Olivia Plender’s exhibition.

Art Amy Lawson -

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that not all Jane Austen adaptations are created equal.

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Culture

Slow down, you crazy child: What Oxford student theatre can learn from garden plays

Rap as poetry: ‘The Odyssey’ and the breakdown of the medium

Hag, Nag, Harpy, Hen: Olivia Plender’s ‘Little Fennel’s Complaint’

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

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