Ben Ray
Ray’s Chapter & Worse: 0th week
Only a few weeks ago, dear reader, we were wallowing in the midst of the most glorious Easter vac. Long, heady spring days. The...
Oxfolk review: Interloper
Tom Kitching’s new solo album, ‘Interloper’, is truly one of the undiscovered gems of the English folk music scene. Filled with interesting and exciting...
Berlin, Bowie, and the wall
Ben Ray talks memory and motivation with the author Rory MacLean
Culture Corner: The English country house
Ben Ray looks at the English country house in literature, and asks why we’re all so obsessed with it
Oxford Folk: The Lost Boys – Sam Kelly
Ben Ray looks at 'The Lost Boys', the debut album by singer-songwriter Sam Kelly and his band
Oxford, the cabaret of plants- and us
Ben Ray talks to Richard Mabey about nature, our relation to it, and why Oxford is the ‘City of Greening Spires’
I Saw A Man: adventures in literature
Ben Ray talks to poet, playwright and author Owen Sheers about his varied literary career, from rugby to CERN
Oxford Folk: North – Blazin’ Fiddles
This week Ben Ray reviews 'North', the new album by Scottish fiddle group Blazin' Fiddles
Ray’s Chapter & Worse: HT 0th week
Ben Ray looks at poetry, filth, and being hit in the face with a racket
Ray’s Chapter & Worse: -1st Week
Cherwell Blogs brings you the first edition of Ben Ray's 'veritable breeding ground for all things poetic'
Taking a journey with ‘Dart’
Ben Ray is swept away by the performance of this epic poem
Review: Playhouse Creatures
Ben Ray should get it, but basically doesn't - shame on him.
Sharing Poetry Pie with Roger McGough
Ben Ray talks to Roger McGough about children’s poetry and the importance of the everyday in life
Electronic vs. Paper – A Real Page Turner
Ben Ray on the great debate