Tuesday 20th January 2026

Culture

‘Songs, skits, and a third thing beginning with S’: Jack McMinn in conversation

If there’s one thing I believe Oxford’s theatre scene is missing, it’s a button-down-shirt-wearing ex-zoology student with a penchant for writing songs about Pret A Manger.

The Oxford art calendar: Hilary 2026

Oxford’s frosty Hilary term is best spent looking at new exhibitions. This art calendar will guide you through some of the upcoming highlights.

‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

In a small, black-painted room on the top floor of a pub in Islington, known as The Hope Theatre, Madame La Mort was staged for the public for the first time.

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize 

This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.

Edinburgh Fringe: In the Pink preview

Thomas Athey looks ahead to Oxford's acapella efforts at the Edinburgh Fringe

The science books that every non-scientist should read

Rosalie Wells lists the best science and medicine books to read this summer

“At times refreshingly witty and sharp, and then lets itself down…”

Hugo McPherson is left questioning by 'Arseholes', a new play about Rimbaud and Verlaine

OxView: Best finales

Calum Bradshaw lines up three of the best cinematic finishes

Dispatches: Friends, Ulysses, and the value of a story’s ending

Ellie Duncan considers how endings reflect a need for stories

‘Community’ teaches us all how to say goodbye

Christopher Goring looks back nostalgically at the final episode of the cult postmodernist sitcom

A sense of closure amongst dreaming spires

Sarah Brown reflects on three years at Oxford University as the end draws near

“Intense and enjoyable to watch”

Nina Crisp enjoys an intense and enjoyable performance

OxFilm: An exciting summer lined up

Calum Bradshaw celebrates an excellent term for student film, and looks forward to a busy vacation

Honey-glazed, hedonistic, and hyper-real

Priya Khaira-Hanks indulges in a summer holiday certified by Lana Del Rey

‘Salazar’s Revenge’ sinks with no survivors

Emily Lawford finds little good in the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean movie

“Unapologetically Blink-182”

Abby Ridsdill-Smith is a fan of the band's deluxe edition of 'California'

Traditional folk music at its experimental best

Ben Ray finds Miranda Sykes’ latest release reaches dizzying new heights

Choose wisely, it’s in your hands

Alice Robinson explores the phenomena of multiple endings

“Exploring what it means to be an intelligent modern woman”

Sîan Bayley finds much to praise in 'Girls Will Be Girls' at the BT Studio

“The biggest student comedy event of the year”: Oxford Revue and Friends

Miriam Nemmaoui chats to Olly Jackson ahead of the Oxford Revue's hotly tipped performance

Communication and confrontation in Brooklyn’s art community

Avery Curran discusses curating Text/ure, Trump, and artistic cataclysm in the US There’s an argument, and it’s a convincing one, that all art is political and, in the interim period between the election and the inauguration it felt truer than ever. There was an atmosphere of displacement and shifting ground. Between daily revelations about suspicious calls to Russia and plans to defund sanctuary cities (of which New York is one), no one seemed to know where they stood.

Pastel pink speculums, embroidered condoms, and art for reproductive freedom

Anoushka Kavanagh explains why protest art is now more important than ever

OxFilm: “An hour—and a £3—very well spent”

Sandy Elliot is impressed by the range of talent on show at the launch of OUFF’s Easter Projects

OxView: Best of Cannes

Kenji Newton runs through his top picks of the 2017 festival

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