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Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s

Lovers mismatched, siblings detached, and plans of trickery hatched: it is the time of year for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (otherwise known as What you will), performed in St Hugh’s...

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Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons)...

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Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political...

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Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.

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Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

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