Sunday 7th June 2026

Culture

OUFF’s ‘The Oxford Tales’: Celebrating student filmmaking at Oxford

It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.

Behind the red curtain: ‘Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse’ reviewed

Leo Jones reviews Crazy Child Productions' performance of 'Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse', the first English staging of the play.

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Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.

“A woman sitting alone, doing nothing”

Tilly Nevin reviews Mary Ruefle’s stunning and startling new collection 'My Private Property'

Class and conflict in the works of Leonora Carrington

Priya Khaira-Hanks explores the surrealist's attempt to come to terms with her class identity

“A fierce accomplishment”

Will Austin is absorbed in 'Reigen', a revival of Arthur Schnitzler’s controversial sexual drama

“A moving and engaging performance… beyond the level of most student drama”

Freddie Crowley is impressed by the professionalism and intensity of the dystopian drama POMONA at the Keble O'Reilly this week

“Emotive, vibrant, and politically charged”: Hamilton

Izzy Smith praises Lin-Manuel Miranda’s powerful soundtrack

A day in the life of… A script writer

Stage editor Katie Sayer considers the Oxford drama scene from the perspective of a budding playwright

A sequel packed with character and heart

"Director James Gunn has crafted one of the funniest and most genuinely moving Marvel films I can remember." Calum Bradshaw has his doubts hushed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

Snapshot: Salvador Dali and the legacy of surrealism

Jasmin Yang-Spooner discusses Salvador Dali's development of the Paranoiac Critical Transformation Method and the legacy of surrealism

A voice for the evidence of the refugee crisis

Mia Neafcy and Sai Parepalli explore the links between art and awareness

How the ensemble superhero film became king

"4 May 2012 was a day that changed the landscape of cinema. Joss Whedon’s 'Avengers Assemble,' the climax of the first phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was an epoch-making, trend-setting, earth-shattering event, the apotheosis of Marvel’s shared universe project." Christopher Goring examines Marvel's winning formula

Getting to grips with the adult cartoon craze

Christopher Goring is stunned by the maturity of modern cartoons

Sir Roger Moore 1927-2017

Calum Bradshaw pays tribute to the 70s Bond legend who died today at the age of 89

A rhetorical revolution on Trump?

Ethan Croft explores the academic discussion of Donald Trump's election and administration

A mixture of styles in the Latvian capital

Katherine Wood discusses the intersections in Riga’s architectual trends

OxView: Top Ensemble Cast Films

Calum Bradshaw lists his top ensemble films

“Student theatre at its finest”

Miriam Nemmaoui finds 'As You Like It' to be enchanting and captivating

“A piece of theatre that feels incredibly close and genuine”

Nina Crisp finds much to praise in 'I Know You', Sam Moore's postmodernist piece of new writing

‘Plebs’ triumphs despite low expectations

Katie Sayer finds much to love in the recently-renewed adult sitcom

The shifting landscape of television news

Theo Davies-Lewis responds to a new study on how the digital revolution is changing broadcast news

“The play-text should never have been selected for performance”

Will Austin finds 'Five Women Wearing the Same Dress' to be outdated and hackneyed at the Michael Pilch Studio

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