Culture
Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue
Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...
Artificial insights: Decoding diversity and redefining art history with AI
In the age of AI-enhanced art, the possibilities for creativity and cultural exchange are limitless—and inclusive.
War, Peace and Writing
Throughout history, art has left an indelible cultural impact on humanity’s collective understanding of...
Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
I walked into the Wyndham Theatre’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by...
Film around the world – Turkey’s Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz was a Turkish film director. Until his death in 2006, he was...
“Five Lost Dads’ Descent into Nihilism”: Strike Force Five Review
With the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike now officially over, it’s time to say goodbye to the brief, joyful and surprisingly nihilistic podcast...
A walk down Magpie Lane on one winter night
Wandering nightly through the cobbled pavements of the city of dreaming spires,I could not help but notice the darkening shade of sandstone under the...
Warhol Island: Large-scale exhibition on a German island
At the meeting point of the Austrian, Swiss, and German borders lies the historic old German town of Lindau. The entirety of the old...
A24’s Rise Through the Ranks
Celine Song’s moving debut ‘Past Lives’, the most recent release for distributor and producer A24, is being showered with critical acclaim, but this sort...
Book Recommendations from the Editors’ Desk
Read our book section editors' Michaelmas book recommendations: Rufus Jones on Daniel Keyes' Flowers for Algernon, Ananya Parakh on Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer,...
Is Shakespeare’s Globe still Relevant?
The Globe is certainly still one of the biggest and most recognisable names when it comes to theatres despite now being over 25 years...
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Guts’: A Lament on Girlhood
In light of the immense success of her debut album Sour, Rodrigo's latest project, Guts, emerges as a compelling narrative continuation. This sophomore release...
A Very Short Guide to Art Gallery Dates
There are a million better ways to spend an afternoon than moping around a largely windowless building with a complete stranger and an inability...
Lost In Hugh’s: The Oxford Open Doors Festival
Over the 9th and 10th of September, dozens of colleges across Oxford opened up to the public for the Oxford Open Doors Festival. Alongside...
Fringe: “Quite absurd”, Review of Blue Dragon
“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”, says a harried wife to her brooding husband as she looks out onto a small and scattered audience in an...
Fringe: “Continuously Shocks”, a Review of Cruelty
“Imagine. You're a character. You're in a club.”
This may be Oli's (Luke Nixon) first line to the audience but it does not feel necessary....
Fringe: “Uncannily familiar”, Review of Cowboys and Lesbians
"Immensely funny, masterfully constructed, and, uncannily familiar", Anuj Mishra reviews Billie Esplen's original play 'Cowboys and Lesbians'.
‘ASMR Eat Your Heart Out!’: A Review of The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis was, understandably, intense, and weird – in a good way. Blessed with excellent performances, and clever use of technology, the play captured all the absurdity of Kafka.
‘He eagerly played the lead guitar whilst simultaneously thrashing a piano chord with his foot’ – A review of Jacob Collier’s Bristol concert
'With at least 12 different musical instruments on stage, Collier tirelessly leapt from one instrument to another across the stage'
