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Beyond anger: an evening with Frank Carter
Somehow we have got to a point where modern rock music feels as if it is becoming ever more sanitised and anodyne. The idea...
Sci-fi review: Arrival
Jonnie Barrow finds Villeneuve’s latest release a true masterpiece in both performances and intellectual power
Jon Boden at the O2: Painted Lady and other folk
Ben Ray discusses folk music legend Jon Boden's latest album Painted Lady and performance at the O2 Academy
Review: Summer and Smoke
James Lamming is delighted by the best show he has seen in Oxford
Emotional electronica
Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by the humanity in James Blake’s live show, as, for once, the musician/producer emerges from behind his laptop
Review: Queer Cabaret
Nina Crisp enjoys a night which showcases a variety of queer talent—and all in support of a good cause
Art review: Unreported Worlds
Ellie Siora is confronted by the familiar in the foreign while questioning what it means to be ‘exotic’ at John’s exhibition
Review: It Felt Empty
Amaris Proctor is impressed by this immersive and thought-provoking explanation of the human effects of sex trafficking—a four star production
Drugs, Childbirth, and Sandwiches: Trojan Women Review
Olivia Cormack enjoys an enthralling production of a darkly comic play about women after war
A night at the clubs: Disco Ma Non Troppo
Jamie Onslow is satisfied by Disco Ma Non Troppo's offering at the Bullingdon
Review: Michael Kiwanuka at the O2 Academy
Ellen Peirson-Hagger is enthralled by the variety of musical influences in Kiwanuka’s endearing set
Review: A Woman Killed with Kindness
Priya Khaira-Hanks is impressed by emotionally nuanced performances which compensate for the lack of sub-plot
Review: The Lesser Bohemians
Benjamin Davies finds emotional intimacy marred by gimicky style
OxFolk review: ‘The Ties that Bind’
Ben Ray looks at Mawkin's latest album, The Ties that Bind
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