Friday 29th August 2025

Culture

‘Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? is a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through the apocalypse. After a 'catastrophic' magnitude 1-ish earthquake, the dead are reanimated, unleashing a zombie outbreak....

‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’

★★★★☆ Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the...

Architectural and religious fusions in Andalusia and Oxford

Oxford is a city deeply entwined with religion. With the first of its colleges...

‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only...

Milestones: George Harrison after the Beatles

Joel Nelson tells us about George Harrison's post-Beatles escape

Mortality: what will survive of us is art

Clare Saxby discusses how the death of an artist has an inevitable effect on the reception of their work

Review: Fat Pig

Fergus Morgan is less than impressed by Neil Labute's attempted exploration of society's prejudice towards unusual relationships

Preview: Our Country’s Good

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull gives us a sneak preview of Timberlake Wertenbaker's modern classic, which arrives at Keble's O'Reilly Theatre in 3rd Week

Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Damien Shannon trawls through the sewage and finds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wanting

Review: The Tate Modern Displays

Andrew McLean finds the curation of these exhibits confusing

The sweet sounds of cinema

Ollie Johnson takes a look at what makes a brilliant soundtrack

Loading the Canon: John Major: The Autobiography

Cherwell calls for new kids on the literary block

Twelve classic books every fresher should have read

Our Furious Contributors provide the definitive guide to impressing phony fresher friends at the pub

Preview: Bouncers

Fergus Morgan gets a sneak preview of John Godber's energetic comedy before its 3rd Week run at the BT Studio

Interview: Babakas

Fergus Morgan meets Mike Tweddle and Juan Ayala to discuss theatre company Babakas' Our Fathers, which arrives at the North Wall on Saturday October 25th

Review: Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were

Clare Saxby finds that the appeal of Ben Howard's enticing follow up album is very different from his first

WW1 Drama: Best We Forget?

Fergus Morgan examines the plethora of First World War drama on stage

Where Are They Now: JoJo

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: Johnny Marr — Playland

Has Marr finally lost his edge?

Review: Dads — I’ll be the Tornado

Stephen Bradshaw is less than impressed by the New Jersey band's latest offering

Review: Philip Selway — Weatherhouse

Kayleigh Tompkins is ambivalent about the Radiohead drummer's sophomore effort

Interview: Northeast Corridor

Stephen Bradshaw chats to the break-out student outfit

The best films for: any occasion

In the first of a new series of articles, Jennie Han gives us a rundown of her favourite films of all time.

Why bother with celebrity artists?

Joel Nelson has a look at Sylvester Stallone’s artistic credentials

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