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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: Oxford University Laptop Orchestra

An OxLork member tells us what to expect from this most novel of ensembles.

Review: Post Tenebras Lux

Joseph Newell is impressed by this abstract work of art from director Carlos Reygadas

Have Star Wars Han-solo-d out?

Cherwell Film and TV go to war over whether Disney are truly lightsabing the day with their acquisition of Lucasfilm

Review: Red, The Waterstones Anthology

Claire Watt reviews a diverse collection of literature reflecting on life in 2012

Review: Umbrella, Will Self

Alex Ekserdjian finds in Will Self's Umbrella, a homage to twentieth century pop-culture

Supermarkets Don’t Like ‘Whore’

Rachel Hutchings talks to Katy Darby about Jericho's sordid past, writing at UEA and her debut novel

Review: Titus Andronicus – Local Business

Abdul Huson enjoys the latest offering from New Jersey's finest.

Review: Alt-J – An Awesome Wave

Aine Jackson reviews the Mercury Prize Winners

Interview: Spector

Olivia Arigho Stiles talks Roy Lichtenstein and One Direction with Spector

The dark side of a bright city

Angelika Benz took to the streets at night to get a glimpse of a different Oxford

Zoom in on….club photography

Sophie Baggott talks to club photographer Chris Russell-Gray about providing memories for the morning after the night before

Preview: Freedom of the City

A brilliant, intimate, yet harrowing piece of theatre

Preview: The Get-Out

A polished, convincing piece of original writing

Review: Bloody Poetry

Vickie Morrish recommends this play of Romantics behaving badly

Preview: The Last Five Years

A remarkable depiction of love and loss in the modern world

Life in a La Boheme-ian rhapsody

Katy Write reviews the Welsh National Opera at The New Theatre.

Cuppers Review: The Real Inspector Hound

Vickie Morrish is impressed by Trinity's adaptation of this classic Tom Stoppard whodunit.

Review: Rough Justice

Claire Rodwell thoroughly recommends this impressive judicial production

Review: The Stream

Hyunjip Kim is impressed by this new weekly arts festival

Behind the Scenes: The Awkward Silence

Ralph Jones, co-creator of The Awkward Silence sketch duo, discusses why you should take a trip down to Port Mahon
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