Mark Barclay
Review: I Nominate
A promising premise missing direction
Review: Beachcombing
Mark Barclay is entranced by this reflective studio play
Preview: Beachcombing
Mark Barclay takes a look at this meditative new play from a rising star of the Oxford drama scene
Preview: Creditors
How to untangle Strindberg
A view from the cheap seat
The Oxford theatre establishment gets sued...
The big theatrical gamble
Mark Barclay discusses the many highs and lows of studio theatre
Review: The Whitworth Gallery
Mark Barclay visits new exhibitions in Manchester's most prestigious art gallery
Coalition
Mark Barclay finds this Channel 4 film pits power against principle to dramatic but disenfranchising effect
Review: Mark Knopfler – Tracker
Mark Barclay is disappointed by Knopfler's good but predictable album
The review club: filthy, spoiled, rotten
A look at the dark side of the Oxford drama world
Review: Future Brown – Future Brown
Mark Barclay is underwhelmed by the debut album of the 'super' group Future Brown
Review: King Lear
Mark Barclay reviews this original, cinematic reinvention of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies
Oxford International Art Fair
Mark Barclay is seriously unimpressed with both paintings and prices
Review – Kingsman: The Secret Service
Mark Barclay struggles to decipher Kingsman: The Secret Service