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Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize
This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.
Books
Charlie Bailey
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In defence of the theatrical release
If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.
Culture
Nora Miles
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Falling out of Louvre
In spite of recent events, the expected heightened security was nowhere evident.
Art
Beatrix Arnold
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The cost of ‘free’: How streaming undermines the value of music
Monthly subscriptions may seem affordable when compared to vinyl, but the cost quickly accumulates.
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Ruaridh McEwen
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Review: Ellie Goulding at the O2 Academy
The refreshingly quirky vocalist doesn't disappoint, says Matthew Shribman
Interview: Ellie Goulding
"I sometimes worry that I'm lacking stimulation"
Review: Kick Ass
Offensive? Perhaps. Inappropriate? Maybe. Entertaining? Definitely.
Overrated
Jane-Marie Saldanha on why Jerry Maguire isn't worth an Oscar nomination.
Oxford Literary Festival: Ian McEwan and Craig Raine
Choose your literary pairings carefully, warns Izzy Boggild-Jones, to avoid in-jokes, tension or pointless questions
Oxford Literary Festival: Philip Pullman
The supreme storyteller delights a youthful audience.
Review: Shutter Island
An Island of Hell makes for cinematic heaven, says Jacob Williamson. Scorsese is on top form.
Oxford Literary Festival: Simon Singh
You weren't a wonderful audience!
Oxford Literary Festival: Ben Goldacre
'Bad science' makes for an insightful and gripping speech, says Nicky Henderson
Oxford Literary Festival: Will Hutton
Hutton's rallying cry to the left was powerfully argued, but perhaps wasted on the literary festival audience, says Izzy Boggild-Jones
Oxford Literary Festival: Andrew Rawnsley
The political journalist talks about the book that's making all the headlines, 'The End of the Party'
Oxford Literary Festival: Patti Smith
The Godmother of Punk gives probably the coolest talk of the festival, says Izzy Boggild Jones
Moore-ishly good
Katrina Kwan is impressed by the Tate Britain's exhibition on Henry Moore.
Oxford Literary Festival: Robert Winston
Nicky Henderson reviews 'Reinventing the wheel', a talk by the public's boffin of choice.
15 years since: The Bends
Beau Woodbury looks at the impact of Radiohead's breakthrough album
Online review: Alice in Wonderland
Great cast, great characters...a shame about the plot
Online review: The Blind Side
More like the bland side of cinema, says Sophie Adelman
Feature: Beyond Bourne
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass discuss their latest film, Green Zone
Online review: Green Zone
Much more than Bourne in Baghdad
Online review: The Princess and the Frog
Luke Partridge gets nostalgic over hand-drawn animation
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