Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Daniel Curtis

Daniel is a student journalist in his second year of an English and French degree at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. He was formerly Producer and Broadcast Assistant for Peak FM's 'Total Sport'. Dan was editor of Cherwell in Trinity 2017.
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If…everything was determined by referenda

Daniel Curtis explores a potential dystopian future in which the populist notion of direct democracy has been taken to the extreme—with bleak effects

The end of the film reel

Daniel Curtis refuses to feel any sense of nostalgia for the state of the remake-filled film industry

Gym diary: start getting your fitness back on track (and maybe even keep it that way too)

Today is the day. 20 years of questionable diet habits and lethargy have left you tubby. Three years of vegetarianism have left you puny—or...

W.H. Auden’s return to Christ Church

In the sixth instalment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis follows in the footsteps of W.H. Auden

Richard Burton’s well trodden boards

In the latest installment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis investigates the past of the Burton Taylor Studio

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Inequality of college endowments

Daniel Curtis calls for attention to the disparity between the endowments of different colleges

Through the Looking Glass: Gerard Manley Hopkin’s Oratory

Daniel Curtis steps inside Hopkins' spiritual inspiration

Oh, Albarn, stop playing with me!

Daniel Curtis just can’t wait for the new Gorillaz album

Album review: California – blink-182

Daniel Curtis analyses blink-182's hit comeback album.

The revolution will be live-streamed

Daniel Curtis explores the narrative merits of video games

Oxford’s burning destruction

Daniel Curtis considers the boiling point of Oxford’s stress levels as we near the end of Trinity

Rewind: Orwell’s 1984

Daniel Curtis reflects on the 1949 publication of George Orwell’s 1984

Voting for NUS referendum approaches; debate continues

Campaigns for the NUS referendum were launched this week, with both ‘Yes to NUS’ and ‘No Thanks, NUS’ unveiling their official manifestos and beginning to canvas throughout...

A Beginner’s Guide to… Vienna Ditto

Daniel Curtis is excited by Vienna Ditto's live set

The Age of Photoshop?

Daniel Curtis laments the decline of the quality film poster, but sees many reasons to be optimistic for the future

Interview: We Are Scientists

Daniel Curtis got the lowdown on touring, synths and songwriting

A Beginner’s Guide to… I Said Yes

Daniel Curtis talks I Said Yes

Review: We Are Scientists – Helter Seltzer

We Are Scientists know how to write a chorus. However, what makes Helter Seltzer, their fifth studio LP, quite so exciting is that their pop sensibilities have now been coupled with a synthy sheen.

Obituary: Prince 1958-2016

Daniel Curtis pays tribute to the pop icon who died today (Thursday April 21)

"I’m as fucked off as you are"

In the wake of the Roundhouse ticket controversy, Daniel Curtis argues that Radiohead have only themselves to blame
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