Culture
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering why. Whilst we may not...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
The White Stuff and its Discontents
'Increasingly, then, the heritage bequeathed to us in these museums is not just trapped in glass, but also in a host of moralising, ‘problematising’ and, ultimately, infantilising, narratives that are in their nature more political than educational.'
‘Ornamented choral what?’ – your favourite early sacred music like you’ve never heard it before
'What is ‘polyphony’? I hear you cry. Why is it ‘choral’ and what makes it ‘ornamented’?'
The Identity Crisis of Everything Everywhere All At Once
'In an alternate universe, you are not an Oxford student reading Cherwell. In another alternate universe, you are a pinata hanging from a tree. In yet another alternate universe, you have hot dogs for fingers.'
Female Rage: Too normal to be so rare
'A quick glance at the TikTok search results for ‘female rage’ tells a very interesting story - women, shouting and expressing their anger without shame, presented as though this is something shocking.'
‘Women, Scorned’: Exploring Feminine Rage in Art
'Feminine rage is all the rage. It’s everywhere.'
Review: A Poet and A Scholar.
'The audience of Kian Moghaddas’ A Poet and a Scholar was in hysterics pretty much the entire way through.'
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – A review
'This movie will make you feel like you’re sitting back at whichever Nintendo console you first met that little, moustached man.'
Normalising transgression: A review of Joyland.
'In Joyland, queerness becomes banal, and patriarchy is revealed to be futile.'
Is That an Angel? No, it’s Maisie Peters – Tour Review
'The Good Witch, embarking upon her first headlining tour, has brewed up a concoction of heartbreak and hope, insecurity and exuberance'
Review of PAMFIR: ‘A raw and unpretentious thriller’
The sounds of heavy breathing and rustling form the first few seconds of Pamfir, the debut feature film of Ukrainian director Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk. These...
Interview: ‘Macbeth’ at the Pilch, an ensemble of tragedies
"Shakespeare gives us so much space to sort of deal with psychological problems, which aren't always necessarily textual, but really come through in rehearsals and give the performance a higher level of connection with the audience."
Top 10 Films for a Trouble-Free Trinity
'For every bit of stress, there’s a summer day, an approaching sense of closure and a long sprawling summer to keep us going.'
‘Cozzie livs’ core: recession fashion trends
'If mankind has established one thing in the recent years of pestilence and political disarray, it is that anything can become a fashion aesthetic.'
For the Love of Libraries: The Taylorian
'Although its exterior may not be as striking as the RadCam, the Taylorian's interior is breathtaking and sure to leave a lasting impression on any visitor.'
