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Seasonal reads: On childhood hobbies, growing up, and guilt

Reconnecting with reading is something many people tend to do on a summer holiday, and statistics suggest it is one of the only times the majority of  adults read...
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Between beer gardens and picnics: Climate Culture Care at the Ashmolean

When I returned to Oxford this term, just as England teased us with the sixth heat-wave of the year, I found myself at a loose end. With the deadline for two vacation essays still far in the distance, the sun lit up the sign for Soma Surovi Jannat’s Ashmolean Now exhibition, Climate Culture Care.
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“What is a good life?”: The Standard of Living in review 

“What is a good life?” This axiological question, asked earnestly in the opening lines of James Graham’s The Standard of Living – playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket until December 12 – is often overlooked by the fractured and hyper-specialised discipline of economics.
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Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović 

‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided people into...
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Alex Dudok de Wit talks to Foals keyboardist and Oxford abscondee Edwin Congreave

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Will Granger thinks there's plenty to say about this something.

First Night Review: No Exit

Max Marenbon checks in, and checks out Sartre's classic at the Frewin Undercroft

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A new comedy of modern manhood hits the BT next week. Will it stick?

Online Review – Dangerous Liaisons

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A Lovely Labour, Well Found

Andrew McCormack picnics with Shakespeare and St. John's Mummers

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Beat those blues with brilliant photography from around Oxford

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A preview of In the Realm of the Senses & The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover

Online Review: Bad Lieutenant

Deranged and brilliant says Benjamin Kirby

First Night Review: Measure for Measure

Alisha Patel condemns not the fault, nor the actors in this triumphant production.

The Future’s Brightwide

Jane-Marie Saldanha talks to Paola De Leo, Executive Director of a new website for Social and Political cinema

Review: The Prince of Persia

Fans of the genre will most likely enjoy it, but others should give it a miss

What Makes A Classic: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Cinema drugged up to its eyeballs, says Benjamin Kirby

Review: Four Lions

Alistair Smout reviews Chris Morris' controversial new comedy

Why We’re Fussed About Fassbender

Jane-Marie Saldanha talks to actor Michael Fassbender

What Makes A Classic: Singing in the Rain

Why Singing in the Rain has such staying power.

LIDF Blog: Part One

The Cherwell's blog from The London International Documentary Festival

What Makes A Classic: On The Waterfront

Jacob Williamson discusses Marlon Brandos's performance in On The Waterfront

Online Review: Eyes Wide Open

A refreshing take on forbidden love says Esther Kent
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