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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...
Books Romilly Ireland -

The paradox of uniformity: Who do we dress for?

Walking to chapel on a mid-winter Wednesday morning, you could almost be certain to...
Culture Tilly Stanley -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -

Fashion trends: The illusion of choice

Our fashion choices emphasise how our individual styles are limited by the available market, and what fashion magazines and brands declare as ‘in style’.
Culture Nancy Pierre -
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Great exploitations: the internship debate

Are unpaid internships just free-labour opportunities?

Seventy-two hours in Syria

Politics, male culture and the World Cup

Passive (not aggressive)

Why not shouting makes you a good guy from a cool film, and shouting makes Big Brother contestants (more) moronic

Valentino Couture 2010

Anahit Behrooz examines Valentino's latest couture offering and finds it lacking

Secret diary of a windsurfing instructor

Week 1: Front Loops and Frappés

Something for everyone?

Chris Graham considers whether there is anything a man could love about haute couture.

Our Man in Southern Lebanon

Chris Graham meets the Lebanese military and has lunch with Hezbollah.

Our Man in Beirut, Lebanon

Chris Graham runs apace with life in a battle-scarred city.

Hometown: Dedham, Essex

A cliché of the English rural picturesque?

You think you’re so smart

Mary Franklin argues that BBMing is the new talking, while Theo Merz decidedly sticks with the retro.

A week without make-up

Chloe Treger braves the Oxford Association of Beholders and puts her 'natural' beauty to the test.

Blind date: Where are they now?

Remember that huge emotional investment you made in our couples? Well, now you can see whether it was worth it.

Top Five: Things to do this summer

Because we know you lot can't do anything without our help

Dine Hard: Old Parsonage

Parents coming to town? You could do worse.

Project Bike Theft

The only thing easier than reading Geography at Oxford is stealing a bike.

A Hull of a good band

Matt Perkins talks 'oop North' with Dave Hemmingway of The Beautiful South

From Russia with LOL

Alex du Sautoy gets entangled in the family affair of Merton’s Garden Play... Chekhov style.

Dirty sexy Shakespeare

Oliver Moody watches the slickest of rom-coms and the sickest of revenge tragedies

In praise of the older woman

Madeline Wright finds the erect nipples and obsessive self interest of this 'classic' uninspiring

Does work make you happy?

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' is an intriguing but incomplete exhibition, says Violet Hudson
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