To fall in love in just ‘One Day’: Review
"One Day, like Normal People, has touched me in a way that very few other programmes have."
The Time-Travelling of Television
'The truth is that travelling to different time periods might even give us a better awareness of the idiosyncrasies of our own era – an era which, for all its shortcomings, could well be the golden age of the television series as we know it.'
In Conversation with George Robinson
Series three of Sex Education cannot come soon enough.
The hit show had over forty million households tune in to its first season, and I...
In Conversation With Mae Martin
There’s something slightly surreal about emailing someone whose comedy routines regularly pop up on your Facebook feed, whose new hit comedy ‘Feel Good’ got...
The Crown’s Unspoken Words
'I think, when it comes to any biopic, "real history" has to be deprioritised. If an accurate and chronological rendering of history is what you're looking for, watch a documentary!'
Maebh Howell writes on the dichotomies of the biopic, asking which is to be prioritised; accurate truth-telling or entertaining story-telling.
A No Spoiler Review of Mrs America
To be honest, I didn’t originally want to watch Mrs America. I have studied the history of 1970s American feminism so hearing that Phyllis...
The Eurovision Song Contest: more important than ever?
On
18th March 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) took the unprecedented
decision to postpone the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest – an
annual celebration...
The Fashion of Villanelle
"Gone is the femme fatale spy-assassin we have been accustomed to seeing."
An Introduction to K-dramas
On the 9th of February 2020, history was made at the Oscars when Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite became the first ever non-English film to win...
Editors’ picks – Life and Culture in the Time of Covid-19
Our CultCher and Life section editors have pooled their wide-ranging knowledge and have produced their picks for shows, albums, movies, books and lifestyle ideas...
Review: Doctor Who’s New Year’s Day Episode, “Spyfall”
On New Year’s Day, exactly ten years after David Tennant’s beloved Tenth Doctor regenerated into Matt Smith, Doctor Who returned with the first instalment...
Consuming Food
In his 2008 essay ‘On Food’, Mark Grief lamented that eating had become a hobby, “one pastime among others”. Food and the act of...
Peaky Blinders Season 5 Review
For all its sex, drugs and violence, Peaky Blinders is starting to get tired of itself. Its response? A gripping foray into the world...
Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Review
Jim Henson was a master of entertainment: I’ll
hear nothing to the contrary. The Muppets were a genuine delight and, no matter
how much Oxford has...
