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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; behind it I can just see the other artefacts. She isn’t looking at me. Over...
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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...
Books Romilly Ireland -

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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Spotlight on…1984

Evy Cavalla interviews the production company behind the dystopia

Review: The Smack Family Robinson

Like the Swiss Family Robinson, but with less of a message and much more smack

Review: The Place Beyond the Pines

It's Bradley Cooper who steals the show in this tale of fathers and sons

The Top 12: 2nd Week

Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of the week ahead.

Roll over Beethoven, and tell Uematsu the news

Josh Jones examines the biases of classical music fanatics and their effects on Classic FM

3D or not 3D?

Sophie Hall-Luke wonders if 3D will soon have had its day

Review: Five Minutes to a Fortune

The new quiz show's biggest asset is Davina — but there's some surprisingly original questions too

Review: Arne Dahl

Sarah Fan gets her latest fix of crime drama from Swedish export, Arne Dahl

JLS: A Tribute

On this fateful day for British pop music, Sophie Hall-Luke reflects on JLS's illustrious career

Review: Daughter @Oxford Town Hall

Oli Davies is enchanted by Daughter's emotional set

Tracks of the week: April 23rd

It's been around a week. I found you some more tunes. Enjoy.

Aspects of Culture: Online Culture

Megan Birch contributes to our new (semi) regular feature, examining what culture means to different groups of the student population.

Another glorious endeavour

An interview with Shaun Evans about Endeavour, acting and potentially playing Doctor Who

Spotlight on…Life is a Dream

Helen Reid shines a light behind the scenes of a drama troupe

Changing the Face of Autism

A look at the campaign challenging the practice of casting non-disabled actors in disabled roles

Behind the Woman in Black

'Is it actually scary?'

Review: ‘Magda’ by Meike Ziervogel

Sadie Levy Gale is impressed by Ziervogel's harrowing depiction of corrosive mother-daughter relationships in Nazi Germany

Man Ray Packs Sting

Kezia St. Clare Smithe enjoys the 'meticulous and subtle' portraits in the Man Ray exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

On Hilary’s Own Terms

Sadie Levy Gale talks about university life and writing with the two time Booker winner

Review: V.A. – Spring Breakers OST

William Dickson reviews the music used in this recent hit
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