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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 Caribbean, this year Black History Month is celebrated uniquely in Oxford. The inaugural exhibition at...
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“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...
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‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two: Complex and compelling

Reality TV series The Traitors has returned with its celebrity version and has topped viewing charts for a second time. People are hooked on the show where logical reasoning and random chance are simultaneously at play, in a game full of drama, tension, and cliffhangers.
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Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

Who gets to make art, who gets to see it, and whose art history...
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Rego’s Abortion Pastels: An artistic fight against stigma

The pastels of Paula Rego reclaim marginalised women from state-sanctioned shame.

An Artist Censored and Shamed

In April 1912, aged 21, Egon Schiele found himself imprisoned for 24 days, having been accused of seducing and abducting underage girls and exhibiting...

Love/Sick: An anthology of romantic adrenaline and hysteria

A production that tackles what is the most enigmatic of all human experiences: love.

What does it take to be an actor?

Want to be a fantastic actor? All it takes is method acting, audience empathy and a pursuit of the fantasy world.

The ‘happily ever after’ we seek only exists in fiction

Reading stories full of delusions allows us to escape from the modern world

Lily Allen’s No Shame Refusing Remorse

A review of Lily Allen's latest album

The Intricacies of Married Life

Exploring the themes of illict love, friendship and bereavement in Tessa Hadley’s 'Late in the Day'.

The Entangled Affair between Britain and the Catholic Church

Modern media has reinvented Catholicism as access to an intoxicating blend of nostalgia and taboo

Incorrect Impressions

Questioning the Impressionist movement and its origin

Moving through our suffering: the arresting power of Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramovic’s art reminds us how vulnerable we are to exposure.

The End of an Era: Endgame

Arguably the biggest film franchise in the world draws to a conclusion that's been over a decade in the making

Ovid’s poetic legacy: a journey

From John Keats to Bob Dylan, Ovid's images of metamorphosis transform from generation to generation.

The Art of Our Times

Social movements and visual culture

Cage the Elephant: Social Cues

Since forming in 2006, Cage the Elephant have managed to dance from one end of the rock spectrum to the other with little hesitation,...

James Blake: Finding Himself In Someone Else

He has candidly burst from the shell of self-doubt, willing to share his emotions with us, the fans, and his love with his significant other.

The Duality of Movement in the New Taiwanese Cinema Movement

The entry of Hong Kong cinema to the Taiwanese market in the 1980s brought with it a move to protect homegrown directors and maintain a national...

Thinking Through The Flesh

A review of Lidia Yuknavitch's new memoir, The Chronology of Water.

The Consolation of ‘Constellations’

A review of Sinéad Gleeson's new memoir.

The Rise and Fall of Artistic Movements

The mutability of movements is an inevitability. It’s the constantly self-renewing process within art that ensures it can continue to fulfil its purpose of...

Interview: Cindy Gallop

Don’t Block Porn: Disrupt It
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