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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.
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The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.
Culture Kelly Yu -

‘One Night Only’ (2026) and the death of romance

Romance movies are, on the whole, my favourite movie genre. But good romance movies, like good romantic relationships, are hard to find, and easy to mess up.
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Caught between grief and hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ reviewed

Fresh off the back of 'Our House' and 'Macbeth', Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love.
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Review: Grimsby – crude and vulgar

Sacha Baron Cohen's reliance on tired 'chav' stereotypes was so bad, Ellie Gomes was forced to cover her eyes

Words – Cherwell fiction

Fiction: 'She tosses the burning end over the edge of the cliff. We watch it fall, hit rocks softly, anti-climatic.'

Common People festival playlist

Ellen Peirson-Hagger compiles the tunes she hopes to hear at Oxford's Common People Festival

Heaney’s Aeneid: When is a Translation not a Translation?

Benn Sheridan discusses Heaney's Final work, a translation of Aeneid Book VI, and finds Virgil a little bit upstaged

Review: Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression

Daniel Curtis was more impressed than depressed by Iggy Pop's latest

Review: The Witch – stands apart from jump-scare drivel

Louise Howland regards newcomer Robert Eggers as an arthouse horror hero after an impressive directional debut

Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane – choice itself is the crisis

Sarah Lynch finds parallels between Michelle's tough decision between two monsters, and the dilemma US voters currently face

Should we share our cultural pleasures?

Ellen Peirson-Hagger reflects on the perils of associating art with friends and significant others

Why the blues won’t die

Richard Birch reviews Matt and Phred's Jazz Club, Manchester

Old is Always Better

Markus Beeken gets nostalgic about Second-Hand books

Review: High Rise – both style and substance

Jem Bartholomew reviews Ben Wheatley's stylish and meaty adaptation of the J.G. Ballard's novel High Rise

Is This Art? The conclusion

Charlie Willis wonders if this column is an art form in itself

House of Cards Season Four Review

Netflix's flagship drama is a fantasy of surveillance on the political nightmares we are living through right now

"I’m as fucked off as you are"

In the wake of the Roundhouse ticket controversy, Daniel Curtis argues that Radiohead have only themselves to blame

A Panoramic View of Morocco

The music, culture and history explored

Bestival 2016 set to be a winner

Huge names announced for September's festival of 'mind-expanding music'

Preview: Orphans

The Experimental Theatre Club promises a tense exploration of societal divide

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 8

This week to end our series Cathy Go writes about mornings, a cruel time all of us must eventually face — even in the vac

Review: Horseplay

Matt Roberts has a bizarre evening with the Revue at the Pilch

Review: Sketchy History

Matt Roberts really wanted to like this new sketch show from 'Three Men in a Boot'
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