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The Goat Review: ‘raw, absurdist, and honest’

Clarendon Productions brings The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Edward Albee) to the Michael Pilch studio, painfully, humorously, and soulfully. Seated in the round,...

The Busy Body Review: ‘Theatre of the Real’

The Busy Body (1709) is one of the many plays written by Susanna Centlivre. Centlivre is often referred to by critics and historians as...

Plans to turn ATIK into live music venue and restaurant

Plans are being put forward to turn the building which hosted the recently closed ATIK nightclub into a live music venue, restaurant, offices, and...

SU suppressed The Oxford Student’s editorial independence

The Student Union (SU) suppressed the editorial independence of The Oxford Student (OxStu) newspaper, in what a private letter from three former editors-in-chief called...

Death of the Album, rise of the playlist

The album, once the definitive artistic statement in music, is being increasingly overshadowed by the rise of the playlist. Streaming platforms such as Spotify...

Dindymene: A Dream

And on the seventh day, we found HER temple, feasted on HER sight. Enthroned. Flanked by mammoths on both sides. There, there! Berry-ringed fingers on berry-strung vines:...

Oriel College exhibition to ‘contextualise’ legacy of Cecil Rhodes

Oriel College have announced the launch of an exhibition aiming “to contextualise the legacy of Cecil Rhodes,” the 19th century British imperialist whose statue...

Students protest, walk-out on gender-critical talk at Balliol

CW: Transphobia Helen Joyce, a gender-critical author and feminist, spoke at Balliol College yesterday evening in an event organised by convener of the Balliol Philosophy...

Researchers confirm existence of exoplanet in the habitable zone

An international team of researchers has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet first identified by Oxford researcher Dr Michael Cretignier in 2022. Researchers have...