Sunday 15th June 2025

Culture

Review – The Wykehamist: ‘A Saltburn for the other place’

In the underbelly of Hong Kong, a Goldsmith-Sachs Vice President invites a woman back to his penthouse apartment for sex. Once there, he tortures her hideously for days, filming...

Form, function, and art in the cultural weight of architecture

With roughly 55% of the world’s population living in cities, the urban world –...

The cantatas of Bach with New Chamber Opera

Recently, students from the University of Oxford have blessed the city with several performances...

Review: Crocodile Tears – ‘Techno-futuristic, but why?’

There is a lot to like about Natascha Norton’s Crocodile Tears. Female lead Elektra...

Interview: Lucy Rose at the O2 Academy

Molly Moore talks female artists, media image, and soul-soothing music

Review: Oneohtrix Point Never — Garden of Delete

Tom Waterhouse reviews the uncomfortably good G.o.D

Why we need to talk about your vagina

Ell Potter goes on a journey of self discovery and urges that we find new modes of yonic expression

Milestones: Rokudenashiko’s ‘Pussy Boat’

This week, Sam Joyce expresses his admiration for Rokudenashiko’s headline-making vessel

Challenging architecture’s phallocentrism

Fintan Calpin salutes the infamous vaginal shrine which towers above the city of Chicago

Taking the long read — why size matters

Naomi Gee argues that Proust and Eliot are worth the patience and commitment they demand

Entanglement on Stage: String

Rose Taylor thinks this string is only slightly silly

Review: Playhouse Creatures

Ben Ray should get it, but basically doesn't - shame on him.

A movie night or pre-term preparation?

Rachael Ince Kitson argues that life advice from classic films is key prep for an Oxford term

A brief history of the not-so-humble shoe

Zachary Klamann traces the story of the shoe as a symbol of wealth, class and social standing

Milestones: East Side Gallery

This week, Sam Joyce looks at Berlin’s East Side Gallery, a symbol of the reunification of Germany and a milestone in world political history

Review: Ellie Goulding – Delirium

Rachael Griffith is driven mad by Ellie Goulding's new album

Live Review: Keston Cobblers’ Club

Ellen Peirson-Hagger goes Truck Store-diving for an intimate gig

Live Review: Declan Zapala

Bryony Harris discovers that guitars aren't just for plucking

Interview: The Cribs at the O2 Academy

Robert Mangan chats independence and new directions with Ryan Jarman

Review : Citric Acid

Rose Taylor is feeling acidic

Review: Pentecost

Mark Barclay wishes more productions go where this one dares to go

Review: Singin’ in the Rain

Richard Birch is swept up by the ageing Hollywood magic

Keeping the British end up

Alec Badenoch reviews Bond's much anticipated new outing

The genius of Nicolas Cage

Phyllis Steinmann discusses Cage's most thought-provoking film

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