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We’ve outsourced our Eurovision entry to Norway. Come the semi-final on May 15 I see only confusion. Have Norway now got two horses in this race? Will this split the Scandi vote? Have we really ...

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Acclaimed actor, writer, comedian, and new Visiting Professor of Creative Media Sir Stephen Fry speaks to Cherwell about his ...

He learnt the aesthetics and intricacies of these art forms from his father, a passion- ate artist himself. It deeply influenced him — not as mythology, but as a personal exploration of divinity ...