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What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about the inner workings, of unknown to the public, of the school. Oxford terms are intense. Lawyers,...

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Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

In every bookshop today, from Blackwell’s to Waterstones, an unmistakable pattern emerges: Greek myth...

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Down the rabbit hole: illustrating ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has long proved an endless source of inspiration to illustrators....

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The performance of watching: Cinema in the Letterboxd age

While watching Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) a few weeks ago,...

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Barney Norris explains the thinking behind his new Hamlet

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Paul-Stephen Bishop's account of The Saturdays' "gig" at Oxford's New Theatre

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A superb production at the Playhouse

Soi Cowboy

A look at British director Thomas Clay’s take on modern Thailand

Review: The Pursuit of Laughter

Will Small reviews the diary of Britain's infamous fascist family

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Our reviewer finds that silence is golden in this absurd and moving piece of Theatre

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A single actor plays out a strange world...

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The Larson musical seriously impresses

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Pullman talks dark materials and light comedy with Cherwell

Nuns and nipple-sucking

the strange world of the 24 hour play

Review: Terminator: Salvation

We're less than impressed by McG's reworking of an old favourite

Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan

Oscar Wilde, the patron playwright of Trinity, doesn't disappoint

Review: As the Mother of a Brown Boy

It all looks good - shame about the script, says our reviewer

Review: Three More Sleepless Nights

A show to make you slit your wrists - for all the right reasons!

The Insect Play

Cherwell reviews Trinity's garden play

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Culture

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

Down the rabbit hole: illustrating ‘Alice in Wonderland’

The performance of watching: Cinema in the Letterboxd age

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