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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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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.

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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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