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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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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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New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month 

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the...
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Win tickets to see The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A pair of tickets to a screening of The Disappearance of Alice Creed are up for grabs

Review: Dear John

Tediousness rescued only by moments of unintended comedy, says Poppy Hodgson

Vacation in Pictures Blog

For 0th week, a selection of photos from different Vacation experiences this Easter...

Review: I Speak Because I Can

There's nothing beardy or vegan about Laura Marling's latest offering, says Natalya Segrove

Review: Erasing David

A truly unsettling film about privacy in Great Britain

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
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