Culture
“Extremely vulnerable”: Review of The Sun King
It is difficult to imagine the stiflingly intimate space of the Burton Taylor transformed into a wide beach overlooking the expanse of the sea: The Sun King inspires us...
‘Intimate and eye-opening’: Bruegel to Rubens at the Ashmolean- Review
"It was a pleasure to return to Oxford during the vacation to visit the Ashmolean’s new exhibition, which showcases some of the best drawings of the great Flemish artists of the 16th and 17th centuries."
Bust?: Saving the Economy, Democracy and our Sanity by Robert Peston and Kishan Koria- Review
"So long as we have an economic system geared towards the accumulation of wealth rather than the acquisition of it, inequalities will continue to widen"
The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue
'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'
All Of Us Strangers Review – A Haunting Exploration of Love in all its Forms
"In All Of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh leads us by the hand into a dreamlike, introspective world. "
Straight to Nairobi
Cherwell superstar Josh Lobes has found fame in foreign parts.
1968 and I’m Hitchhiking Through Europe by Joe Mack
We suggest you use this for kindling when you're hitch-hiking rather than attempt to read it
Invisible by Frank Egerton
We review a book with the least interesting cover art ever
Freedom of Speech: where are the boundaries?
'Write whatever you like', many people say. It's not that simple...
Watching ourselves
Alice Salvage looks at why people go to the theatre, and what its future is likely to be
Are You Sitting Comfortably?
A show from the Oxford Imps based on audience suggestions and home-brewed sound effects is audacious-and brilliant
S1l3nce
Our reviewer won't give too much away about this Derren Brownish magic show-except that it left her amazed.
The Truth
Four stars for this Discworld production, the latest in an Oxford tradition
Renegade
The latest offering from the Oxford Revue
The Ideas Man by Shed Simove
A book by the inventor of 'Clitoris Allsorts' fails to titillate or raise titters
Raphaël Zarka – Geometry Improved
We find French 'found forms' fail fundementally
The Class
Rees Arnott-Davies finds Palme d'Or winning French drama a lesson in expert film-making
Buried Child
Sam Shepard's pretentious, flawed play gets better acting than it deserves
Confusions
Dialogue isn't the only thing that's funny about this Aykbourn play