Culture

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a student at the Ivy League in 2024. The case is...
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Good grief! Why do we feel for the death of fictional people?

Whether it’s a mild sniffle or full-blown tears, I always end up feeling a bit ridiculous about the whole ordeal when it’s over. I mean, it’s not real, is it? Why do I waste my grief on things that haven’t happened, that will never happen?
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The rise of the pop girlie: Marketing mediocrity or feminism in action?  

“GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND”: so reads the iconic green T-shirt of Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon. The slogan stands in defiance of an unfortunate truth in the music industry: femininity and credibility often exist in contention with one another.
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World music after ‘world music’

On the face of it, the term ‘world music’ is perhaps one of the...
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Easy Virtue

We review the swinging new Noel Coward adaptation.

Perfect Vision

We get a good look at Oxford's telescope exhibition

All Stiles, no substance

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Poetry in Motion

Andrew Motion's 'Ways of Life'

Book Review: Winter In Madrid

CJ Sansom, Pan Books, £7.99

Book Review: Musicophilia

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Blasphemy: On The Road

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The World’s A Stage: Cairo

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Review: Endgame

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Review: Richard III

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Review: A Few Good Men

Oxford Playhouse, Wednesday - Saturday, 4th Week
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