by Jacob Warn It is a play that broaches broad and pertinent questions. It is a dramatic presentation of the debates that take place as we increasingly attempt to reconcile a global mental health epidemic with a tendency to extreme, pharmaceutical medicalisation. It asks persistently, what is love? At other times, is asks, what is […]
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by Matthew Hull William Butler Yeats once described Oxford in such terms: “So beautiful one almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking.” “It is like an opera,” he said, and on Wednesday evening (4th February) his words were realised somewhat with the St Peter’s Music Society production of Dido & Aeneas. St Peter’s […]
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by Jacob Warn As the darkening sky pretends to put a curtaining end to the day, so do the lights keep burning – on and on – at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. It was the final Friday of January, and at the termination of the William Blake festival that has raged around Oxford for the […]
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by Chloe Cheung Readers are advised that this review makes details of the plot explicit. The threat of nuclear war between the Cold War superpowers plunged the latter half of the 20th century into some of its darkest days. Tim Morton-Smith’s gripping new play Oppenheimer now brings the man behind the atomic bomb to the stage. […]
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9:58am – Friday 8th Week – The Ashmolean Museum I am assured, reader, that you have heard of those hallowed, torturously simple lines: Tyger Tyger burning bright […]
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One knows by now that entering a student art exhibition in Oxford is a move made at one’s own peril, as there is always the risk of leaving with a lingering awe-ache inspired by the talent it hosts. Tuesday night was no deviation from the norm. Collaborating to provide us with a tasteful mix of artistic […]
Read moreAs Christmas festivities gradually turn the academic battle in favour of the hardworking student, last week jazz musicians and enthusiasts alike welcomed reinforcement in the form of a delightful master class given by the college’s visiting musician, Tim Garland. Audience and performers gathered in anticipation of an evening of musical instruction and production that offered something to […]
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The Cards Visual artists often barely get a look in on the college level. But commissioning a number of undergraduates and getting these cards printed has provided the perfect way of showcasing the amazing talent we are lucky enough to have within college. Whether it’s that Santa flying over first quad, the Rower’s Snowman, the Oxford […]
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Our woman in Paris delves into the Musée d’Orsay’s exploration of the dark, sexual underworld of one of the West’s most perverted thinkers – and comes out disappointed, unsatisfied, and bored. ‘Sex Sells’ – that’s what we’re always told, and that’s clearly something that the Musée d’Orsay are eagerly aware of. The provocative promotional video […]
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Wednesday night saw a congregation of Oxford descend upon the hidden corners of Jericho and enter into the Holy Land of St. Paul’s, where the derelict, neo-classical walls would bear witness to a night of worship for all things Funk ‘n’ Soul. This night was to be a marker event in OUSU’s homelessness awareness week, […]
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The Poor Print 