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‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...

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Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...

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“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...

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On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important...

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‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

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