Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Culture

Who is Oxford’s Coffee Shop Artist? In conversation with Julia Whatley

Julia sees herself as the conduit through which an artistic vision is realised. Where does this vision come from? “Somewhere else.”
Art Florence Wolter -

The Goat Review: ‘raw, absurdist, and honest’

Clarendon Productions brings The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (Edward Albee) to the Michael...
Culture Michelle Jiang -

The Busy Body Review: ‘Theatre of the Real’

The Busy Body (1709) is one of the many plays written by Susanna Centlivre....
Culture Lara Machado -

Doubts on Banksy

What is so enticing – and infuriating – about this mystery man’s slapdash approach to political commentary?
Art Ruby Doran Meira -
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The Silent Boom of Killers of the Flower Moon: A Review

Minor spoiler alert for the beginning of the film! Martin Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon has reached UK cinemas and despite the...

“Highly enjoyable”: An Enemy of the People Review

Henrik Ibsen wrote to the publisher of his 1882 play ‘An Enemy of the People’ that ‘I am still uncertain whether I should call...

Unveiling the Suburban Secrets of Desperate Housewives 

If I were to select only one show on repeat for the rest of my life, there’s no doubt it would be Desperate Housewives....

Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me: The kiss in art

I think I have always wondered how the first kiss came about. A quick Google search produces a very provisional 2500BC as an answer...

A window to the soul

“A window to the soul”I would fix my gaze upon its shuttersPale, dusty blue-greenTarnished edgesAn irritating creakThey’re faulty,Letting unwanted light stream inBlinding me,Or they...

“Rich and original”: ‘Parables, Fables, Nightmares’ Review

Parables, Fables, Nightmares is the first short story collection published by Malachi McIntosh. A short traditional story collection can be likened to a gallery...

Genetics

What beauty is thereIn the anger that spills from your lips?After every kissA fightUneven groundI've become so good at telling liesThe droplets fall; I...

Why Don’t We Have Any ‘Mega Popstars’ Anymore? 

This August, Billboard released an article asking the question: where have all our mega popstars from the 2000s and early 2010s gone? It was...

How to judge a book by its cover

Let’s be real. You’re in Blackwells looking for a book to read if you’re cool, and buying a mug with a world map on...

‘Oh no, the sky is falling’: This is How We Walk on the Moon Review

A full-moon shaped circle of chairs awaits the audience. We’re directed to stand in the middle of the circle and one by one, characters...

‘The Furnace of Art’ : A Review of Amadeus at the Keble O’Reilly

‘Nowadays all cats appreciate are coloratura,’ Salieri says gravely ‘like the rest of the Public’. This sums up Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (which is currently...

“The poetry of motion!”: Toad of Toad Hall Review

Toad of Toad Hall A.A Milne’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 beloved classic The Wind in the Willows, is a testament to throwing responsibilities...

“Immersive and interesting”, King Lear at the Wyndham Theatre

Kenneth Branagh has taken on a new project: directing and starring in the Shakespearean classic ‘King Lear’ this winter at the Wyndham Theatre in...

“Slightly out of joint”: Hamlet Review

That Isaac Asimov’s retelling of a bemused reader’s response to Hamlet – ‘I don’t see why people admire that play so. It is nothing...

Drowning in You

Read the latest from The Source on the theme of relationships, 'Drowning in You'! I feel like I’m drowning as I struggle with your embraceI...

Noah Kahan: Music Sensation or One-Album Wonder?

I know very little about music. A vast amount of my Spotify wrapped includes Taylor Swift (about whom I know a lot), and what...

Feminist Samurai in Netflix’s new “Anime”?: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Review

This review contains spoilers and mentions of sexual violence. What would society look like if three-quarters of the male population disappeared? Ōoku: The Inner Chambers...

Feel Good Films — British 1950s Comedies

When I'm shattered after a long essay, or brooding over the state of the world, or merely wanting to enjoy a pleasant few hours,...

MARCO SOLO: Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

Although unnoticed by many students and tutors alike, a revolutionary new service by the name of MARCO was unveiled last week, taking the archivist...

Decline and fall: How They Broke Britain by James O’Brien – review

"Today, in the wake of Brexit, Britain is once again broken – so argues commentator James O’Brien in his new book, How They Broke Britain."
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