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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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Sean Lennon and Daniel Rolle look forward to Wadham's annual music festival, which takes place on Saturday.

Interview: Tom Stoppard

Krishna Omkar enjoys a rare encounter with the celebrated playwright.      

Student showcase: Jasmine Robinson

 Jasmine Robinson on her installation Flood Cave.

Student showcase: Ashley Bond

Ashley Bond on her painting.

Ansel Adams: Photographs

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Encounters: Katie Paterson

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Review: Volpone

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Words words words

The theatrical art of the translator.

Spanish intellectuals

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Foals – “Antidote”

Monique Davis reviews Foals' new album.

The Kooks – “Konk”

Dan Rolle reviews The Kooks' new album.

A positive sample

Begging, stealing or borrowing? Not so, says Robin Whelan.

Review: In Bruges

Laura Williams reviews Colin Farrell's latest venture.

Chick-on-chick flicks

Rowan Parks visits the 22nd Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

Review: Fool’s Gold

Charlie Martin reviews Fool's Gold.

Back to basics: Super 8

Nick Westfield delves into the Super 8 archives.

Review: Persepolis

Greg tate reviews the adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novels.

Neighbourhood Watch: Chris Chan

Thomas Barrett meets Chris Chan, organ scholar supreme.

Great Novels: Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon

Gravity’s Rainbow, Pynchon’s manic schizophrenic novel, originally titled ‘Mindless Pleasures’, is a quasi-sequel to his previous work V, which had appeared in 1963 to...
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