Culture

One f**king thing after another: ‘The History Boys’, revisited

Grab your motorcycle helmet. Sharpen up on the subjunctive. And cue the synthetic pulses of ‘Blue Monday’. The History Boys is back. Alan Bennett’s 2004 play followed a cast of...

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What are you looking at? A reflection on the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition

The woman crouches, nude. A gauzy blue curtain hangs where she hides her chest;...

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The midterms and the YA novel: Impossibly happy endings

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.

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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be...

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Preview: Collaborators

Bethan Roberts hotly anticipates the staging of this political and psychological drama

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Interview: Waiting for Godot director Alex Foster

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Preview: Lord of the Flies

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Review: Mad Men

Matthew Main finds the first two episodes a promising start to this final series

Preview: Lungs

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Not your ordinary Odeon

Fergus Morgan uncovers the secret world of alternative cinemas

From Page to Stage

Luke Rollason chats to two directors of Lord of the Flies and Frankenstein, literary adaptations coming to the stage in Trinity

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Interview: Hudson Taylor

Lucy Thompson chats to the Irish folk-pop duo about their journey from YouTube to the charts, and why they still enjoy playing impromptu on the underground