Sunday 14th June 2026

Culture

Hag, Nag, Harpy, Hen: Olivia Plender’s ‘Little Fennel’s Complaint’

It is the examination of archaic methods and attitudes surrounding women’s bodies, and the idea of the ‘nagging’ woman, which runs through Olivia Plender’s exhibition.
Art Amy Lawson -

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that not all Jane Austen adaptations are created equal.
Culture Abigail Christie -

‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

'Our House' ultimately becomes not just a story about crime or morality, but about the vulnerability of growing up and the frightening uncertainty of trying to decide who you are.
Culture Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.
Culture Emma Heagney -
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Preview: The House of Bernarda Alba

Miriam Nemmaoui is struck by what promises to be a sombre and breath-taking production

Preview: Doctor Faustus

Alex Barasch is excited by this new take on Marlowe's magnum opus

Preview: Arcadia

Matthew Roberts finds heart and humour in this take on Stoppard's celebrated play

Preview: Sweeney Todd

Thomas Player finds his time well-spent after a glimpse at the classic musical

What happened to Pussy Riot?

Richard Birch examines all of the punk controversy afresh

Review: A Moon Shaped Pool

Felix Jones is wowed by Radiohead’s desolate new LP

Review: The Herbal Bed

Antonio Gottardello is satisfied by this play that isn’t really about Shakespeare…

‘LSD, 100 micrograms I.M.’

Benn Sheridan disusses why there’s nothing quite like chemical-induced inspiration

A Beginner’s Guide to… Halsey

Emmanuelle Soffe examines the beautiful darkness of Halsey

Review: The Fairy Queen

Antonio Gottardello is taken to another world by this magical production

Linking Linklater’s Latest

Jake Kennedy identifies time as the common thread in Richard Linklater’s work

Review: Melted Butter

Ellie Siora warms towards this unapologetically patriotic drama

Rewind: Let It Be

Sam Purnell reflects on the release of The Beatles’ final studio album

Representing The Impossible

Cinema will never be able to represent the horrors of the Holocaust, but Son of Saul offers a sensitive try, writes Jem Bartholomew

Review: the OBA Easter Projects

Louise Howland dissects Sunday’s OBA student film screening, praising their indie feminist zeal

Review: Pripyat

Alex Barasch is impressed by both the performers and playwright of this important piece of new writing

The two parts of a poet’s whole

Emily Beswick explores the duality of the self in Sarah Howe’s collection of poems, Loop of Jade

Rewind: Jean Rhys

Samantha Phey looks back on the anniversary of the death of Jean Rhys

“I was a part of him, nothing more”

Simran Uppal finds inspiration in the recollection of his grandfather’s stories about Jalandhar, India

Review: Le Petit Prince

Alex Barasch is charmed by this adaptation of Saint-Exupéry’s classic novel
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