Culture

Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović 

‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided people into believers and infidels, the crescent moon and the cross, the good Allah made us all...

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into...

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?

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.

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

Merton College Gardens, Wednesday - Saturday, 8th week

The Zutons – You Can Do Anything

Sean Lennon reviews The Zuton's disappointing third album offering

Interview: Noah and the Whale

First Mystery Jets, then Johnny Flynn and now with Noah and the Whale. Cherwell’s rumbling route through the indie pop of South London continues....

Johnny Flynn – A Larum

Traditional folk sound; post-punk attitude

Review: Bodleian Manuscripts Exhibition

Old Schools Quadrangle until 1 November

Trouble in Paradise?

A look at Oxford's garden plays

Best of luck…

... to Matthew Holehouse, former Stu editor, who has been nominated for the only interesting category at the NUS Awards 2008. The results come out on Monday 9 June.

Review: All Tomorrow’s Parties

Butlins Holiday Resort, Minehead, May 16 - 18

Theatre Column: The Set Designer

Designing the set for Spring Awakening

Review: An Englishman Abroad

BT Studio, Tuesday - Saturday, 7th week

Review: The Tempest

Worcester Gardens, Tuesday - Saturday, 7th Week

Interview: The Ting Tings

The Manchester popsters talk MySpace and shit weather

Review: Ocean Devil

James MacManus, Harper Perennial

Royworld – Man In The Machine

This is a 'nice' album.

Finals ‘gender gap’ leaves dons in the dark

Men still outperforming women on average

Heads must roll

Once, twice, three times a fuck up.   Aldate extends his sincere thanks to HK. Michelmas' listings brought back happy memories of when OxStu could observe the basic rule of printing the right things on the right pages..   Still, at least you're not Oxide.

Neighbourhood Watch: OU Orchestra

Music-making that few will forget in a hurry

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