Hotlist: Week five
What’s hot and what’s hotter in week five
Andrew DickinsonXavier Dolan’s “I Killed My Mother”
Another Gaze Film Club presents Xavier Dolan’s semi-autobiographical directing debut. Charting one gay kid’s trek through teenage-hood and his love/hate relationship with his kitschy mother, Dolan explores drugs, art and friendship through an adolescent’s eyes.
When: Thursday
Where: Somerville College Chapel
Details: Here
Drama Cuppers 2014
They’re fresh-faced and probably still remember the lines to that one time they played Hamlet in lower sixth. However, amid the many, many duds there should be the odd decent cuppers play. Tickets are only £1 anyway so there won’t be too much buyer’s remorse.
When: Tuesday-Friday
Where: Burton Taylor Studio
Details: Here
Virgin Audrey
The Oxford Revue presents a night of brand new comedy. Unlike your bread-and-butter Audrey, just like cuppers this is only for first-timers. Expect gags akimbo.
When: Wednesday
Where: Wheatsheaf
Details: Here
Eli and Fur
If the official closing-night Rave 2 the Grave doesn’t tickle your towny fancy, Young Ones present an all-girl night of good sound systems and easily penetrable smoking areas. Come down to celebrate Carbon’s demise in style.
When: Thursday
Where: Carbon
Details: Here
Oxford student who died celebrating end of exams said uni was ‘the best period of my life’
Emily SmithThe first year PPE student has been named
A man has been arrested after stalking Emma Watson as she studies at the University of Oxford
He came to the UK with only a sleeping bag, £800, and a desire to ‘gain information’ about the actress
Omg, Emma Watson is currently dating one of her coursemates at the University of Oxford
They were pictured getting a Gail’s together in Oxford
University of Oxford issues statement after first year student dies in river
Phoebe KowhaiThe 19-year-old had ‘dived’ into the river to celebrate the end of his exams
Oxford University student dies in river whilst celebrating end of exams
The 19-year-old was wearing ‘academic dress’ at the time
Oxford student unlocks door in halls to find a terrifying devil room complete with blood
He’s been living next to it for an entire YEAR
Oxford University rises in new world university ranking to narrowly beat Cambridge
The university now ranks third in the world overall
Students launch encampment in solidarity with Palestine at The University of Oxford
Tents have been pitched outside the Pitt Rivers and Natural History Museums
Omg guys, Jacob Elordi is going to Oxford University in October to study English
Lydia Spencer-ElliottHe fell in love with the campus while filming Saltburn
Oxford Uni lecturer stalked by man who flew 4,000 miles to her with a can of pepper spray
He sent his bags to her office and wanted her to ‘be his Valentine’
Oxford Uni chaplain who compared sex offenders to ‘puppies needing training’ given welfare role
He asked one student assault victim if they were ‘aware of the effect they had on men’, but has now secured a post at another college
These are the subjects you need to study at Oxbridge to more than double your grad salary
In one subject, studying it at Oxbridge over any other uni will get you £47k more per year
Oxford University College offers students a Halal menu option but it includes… red wine
One student said she was ‘sadly not surprised’ at the mistake
Two of Emma Watson’s lecturers at The University of Oxford have successfully sued the uni
Emma Watson studies on Oxford’s creative writing course
So, people are rinsing Oxford students for dancing at a ball and it’s low-key really mean
A Ceilidh is a huge part of Scottish culture
Oxford University Vice-Chancellor with £232k salary says grads should be donating to their uni
Was my £9k a year not enough!
Two of Emma Watson’s lecturers at Oxford are suing the university for unfair dismissal
The lecturers also compared their situation to the Post Office scandal
Oxford uni called ‘patronising’ for job advice despite banning its students from working
Oxford’s policy on part-time jobs reads: ‘Term-time employment is not permitted except under exceptional circumstances’
Students from two Oxford colleges are throwing Saltburn themed parties this term
One of them is Felix and Oliver’s actual college from the film
Students at University of Oxford housed in four-star hotels due to a lack of accommodation
One of the hotels costs up to £150 a night and has an indoor pool and spa
Missy would love VKs: Here’s how each Young Sheldon character would survive Freshers’ Week
Max BoothGeorge would spend the week cooking brisket in the shared kitchen
All the songs on Katy Perry’s disaster new album 143, ranked from bad to even worse
Harrison BrocklehurstA potential career ender I fear
Inside the insanely chaotic and toxic relationship Nikocado Avocado has with his husband
Ellie RingThey absolutely despise each other
They’re addicted to coffee, so here’s what the Gilmore Girls cast would get at Starbucks
Freya JohnEven though Luke Danes does the best coffee in Stars Hollow
Leslie Abramson: Where the Menendez lawyer is now, decades after the brothers’ trial
Hayley SoenShe’s been described as a ‘4ft11, mud-slinging, nuclear-strength pain in the legal butt’
24 things only the most posh and rah freshers will have in their uni room
Claudia CoxIf you see a lacrosse stick, run now
Tasha and Paul brutally reveal which MAFS UK 2024 couples will make it to final vows
It’s not looking great for most of them…
The real Erik Menendez blasts ‘blatant lies’ told by Netflix show in bombshell statement
The series about Erik and his brother Lyle was only released yesterday
MAFS UK icon Ella goes Instagram official with her hunky new Celebs Go Dating boyfriend
He’s already had her name tattooed on him!
In full: The real life escape plan letter Lyle wrote to brother Erik Menendez whilst in prison
Yes, he did suggest they got plastic surgery
Erm, one of the MAFS UK experts thinks it’s a good thing Emma reminds Caspar of his sister
And yes, they think the intimacy aspect could actually be a positive
The Times Good University Guide ranking is here – and a really surprising uni beat Oxbridge
Oxbridge flopped like the new Katy Perry album
Right, so just how rich was Lyle and Erik’s father José Menendez?
In the Netflix show the two brothers are shown as having a very wealthy life
The savage reviews for Katy Perry’s new album are here, and they’re worse than anyone imagined
‘Painfully dated and glaringly out of touch’
Emma reveals Caspar abandoned her alone in suite on first night of MAFS UK 2024 honeymoon
The pair didn’t share a bed for their whole honeymoon and only talked when the cameras were rolling
This season proves it: MAFS UK is unethical and sets up brides and grooms to fail
It might be good TV, but the hunger for drama and tears is unfair on the cast
Emma speaks out on how she really felt about Caspar’s weight comment on MAFS UK 2024
‘I was flabbergasted’
Jeff Lazkani responds to the Chelsea divorce drama and claims she’s ‘physically aggressive’
He has clapped back at everything going on at the moment
Netflix got most crucial scene in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story completely wrong
Out of all the things to get wrong, Netflix picked this?
The true story of if Lyle Menendez lost his hair as shown in Monsters on Netflix
Did his mother actually rip his toupee off at the dinner table?