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Author Archives: Emma Cooley

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The REAL Dark Academia Playlist for Studying in an Oxford Library

by Emma Cooley May 30, 2025June 12, 2025
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An Imp-pressive Performance: Oxford Imps (“Infinite Jesters”) Reviewed

by Emma Cooley May 22, 2025May 27, 2025
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How to write a show – and take it to the Fringe!

by Emma Cooley May 2, 2025May 7, 2025
A Varsity fencing match at Oxford, with one fencer leaping mid-bout.
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Varsity Fencing 2025: Bruises, Blues and (a couple of) Shoes

by Emma Cooley March 11, 2025June 17, 2025
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“A joy to listen to”: Jekyll & Hyde Reviewed

by Emma Cooley February 28, 2025May 29, 2025
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“We’re really trying to make it as scary as possible.” In conversation with the director of The Pillowman

by Emma Cooley February 25, 2025May 29, 2025
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Sheridan’s The Critic at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

by Emma Cooley February 7, 2025May 29, 2025
Hands making a love-heart shape around a college crest: half New College and half Exeter College.
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New vs Exeter (A Tale of Two Oxford Colleges)

by Emma Cooley January 13, 2025February 17, 2025
Magdalen College Oxford quad, with a blue sky and green grass. Yellow college buildings in the sun border the green.
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A Bite-Sized Tour of Oxford Hall Food

by Emma Cooley November 28, 2024June 2, 2025
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School Uniform to Sub Fusc – Oxford’s “Unofficial Uniforms”

by Emma Cooley October 31, 2024May 7, 2025

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