Culture
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering why. Whilst we may not...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
Foals – “Antidote”
Monique Davis reviews Foals' new album.
The Kooks – “Konk”
Dan Rolle reviews The Kooks' new album.
Review: Fool’s Gold
Charlie Martin reviews Fool's Gold.
Back to basics: Super 8
Nick Westfield delves into the Super 8 archives.
Review: Persepolis
Greg tate reviews the adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novels.
A positive sample
Begging, stealing or borrowing? Not so, says Robin Whelan.
Review: In Bruges
Laura Williams reviews Colin Farrell's latest venture.
Chick-on-chick flicks
Rowan Parks visits the 22nd Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Neighbourhood Watch: Chris Chan
Thomas Barrett meets Chris Chan, organ scholar supreme.
Great Novels: Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon
Gravity’s Rainbow, Pynchon’s manic schizophrenic novel, originally titled ‘Mindless Pleasures’, is a quasi-sequel to his previous work V, which had appeared in 1963 to...
Review: Mort
Thank heavens Mort is showing in 8th Week of Hilary: the term of sickness, stress and freak exams for an unlucky few. Well –...
Panel Discussion: The Role of the Art School in the 21st Century, Modern Art Oxford
Richard Wentworth, Master of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, initially seemed slightly taken aback to discover that he was the sole...
Concert review: Tomas Gould & John Reid play Schubert, Szymanowski and Schumann
Holywell Music Room, 2nd March 2008Wandering past a posterboard for the Holywell Music Room coffee concerts it is easy to feel a twinge of...
Classical review: Oxford Chamber Orchestra play Copland, Barber and Haydn
Sheldonian Theatre, 8.30pm, February 29th 2008The Oxford Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Jonathan Williams, gave a programme connecting the 20th century back to...
