Culture
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 and the creation of his portraits in the 1950s and 1960s. As a young Jewish...
‘The Godfather: Part II’ at 50
The Godfather: Part II is a film about gangsters. It is also a film...
“Tragic but thought provoking”, ‘An Enemy of the People’: Review
Ibsen has re-entered the drama scene with the current production of his classic play...
Cherwell Introduces: Menu3
Joining me this week, are four members of Menu3: Nicole 2nd year biochemist/lead singer,...
Yevonde: The woman who revolutionised colour photography
“Portrait photography without women would be a sorry business.” (Yevonde Middleton, 1921)
I walked into the Yevonde: Life and Colour exhibition at the National Portrait...
Fragile Love
Read the latest from The Source on the theme of identities. Content warning: self-harm, homophobia.
She was 15 years old,With empty eyes of sorrow and...
“An ambitious testament to Epic theatre”: Angels in America Review
Angels in America: Milennium Approaches is a big show. Indeed, a play with a three-hour runtime and a Pulitzer Prize can really be nothing...
“Surprising, and slightly macabre”: Sampi at the Burton Taylor
A play about friendship, breakdowns, a chicken sandwich, existential questioning and a nosebleed, Sampi at the Burton Taylor Studio is a piece of new...
Angels in America Interview: “Incredibly Challenging”
Kiaya Phillips in conversation with Andrew Raynes (director) and Will Shackleton (who plays Louis) of Happier Year Productions' version of Tony Kushner's award-winning play,...
An Introduction to Oxford Drama
The drama scene at Oxford is vibrant and thriving - in fact, the Oxford University Dramatic Society (or OUDS as everyone calls it) is...
Loyle Carner: A new poignant, personal, and political voice of rap
Loyle Carner’s 2022 album Hugo openly grapples with his heritage and identity, his performances openly discuss climate change and racism, and he even samples...
Falling at the first hurdle: this Barbie is a radical feminist
“Yeah, I liked it, I just wasn’t expecting it to be so political” declared my (female) friend as we discussed Greta Gerwig’s record-breaking comedy....
What can books say that we can’t?
As people, we love to talk - to other people, to ourselves, to the mirror (don’t lie, everyone does it!) We all have opinions...
‘Hamlet’ in the Modern World: Interview with Cast and Crew
Shakespeare is making a return to Oxford's Keble O'Reilly and it’s a big one, Hamlet is back and fresher than ever!
When I heard there...
Glittering Girls
Giggling, high heels caught in cobblestone as you collapseIn my arms as you’re wrecked with another fit of laughter-You shriek in delight, stumble over...
A Summer as a Volunteer at the National Portrait Gallery
The ‘Long Vac’ is called ‘long’ for a reason and I did not want to waste a second of it. When I saw...
“A Must-See”: Colour Revolution at the Ashmolean
I did not know what to expect when I arrived at the Ashmolean to preview their newest exhibition, Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion &...
“A Gripping Memoir”: ‘Stay True’ by Hua Hsu Review
Recently I picked up a book that had been on my to-read list for a while. Stay True by Hua Hsu came out last...
