Sunday 19th April 2026

Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....
Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.
Culture Hattie Simpson -

‘People are so hungry to create together’: Lisa Ko on going analogue, crafting, and writing the future

It’s 11:02am in New York when Lisa Ko appears on the video call. In Oxford, the sun is almost down.
Books Abigail Lakeland -

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.
Culture Ruaridh McEwen -
Latest

Review: Jackson and Grumitt – Planet Marmalade

Lata Nobes enjoys a night of sketch comedy at the BT Studio

Review: The Country

Martin Crimp's tense three-hander is both gripping domestic drama and thought-provoking philosophical comment, says Fergus Morgan

Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Lata Nobes finds the latest Hunger Games a compelling watch

The good, the bad and the BBFC

Ollie Johnson looks at the forgotten role of the BBFC in modern cinema

Lessons from the Script Room

Olivia Sung spills the secrets of the soap opera script department

Preview: The Country

Martin Crimp's taut thriller has the potential to utilise the BT Studio effectively when it arrives there in Eighth Week, says Fergus Morgan

Review: Ridley’s Choice

Izzy Neil is impressed by James P. Mannion's latest play

Interview: The Oxford Imps

This term, nine new performers join Oxford's improvised comedy troupe - we get the inside info.

Interview: Louise Chantal

Fergus Morgan talks to the newly-appointed Chief Executive of the Oxford Playhouse

Review: Carousel

Bethan Roberts doesn't feel that this 1940s musical has stood the test of time

Why the two-part finale is not as new as you think

Sam Joyce argues that the split finale is a relic of cinema's past

Review: Assassins

We're impressed by this darkly comic Sondheim musical

Preview: Jackson and Grummitt – Planet Marmalade

Fergus Morgan meets the latest in a long line of Oxbridge comedy duos ahead of their BT sketch show in eighth week

Review: OBA Short Film Screening

Tom Barrie finds a wonderful range of student-made films showcased at OBA's annual screening.

Preview: Ridley’s Choice

Naomi Polonsky gets an insight into this thought-provoking piece of new theatre

Emily Russell: colours of Matisse and shapes of Malevich

Naomi Polonsky goes for an intense coffee with one of Oxford’s up-and-coming artists

Review: Red Red Meat – There’s A Star Above The Manger…

'An abyss of distorted ambience' – Jack Chown reviews the latest reissue from Red Red Meat

Review: The Oxford Revue’s Christmas Party

Lily McIlwain enjoys an uproarious evening of comedy

Drama Cuppers 2014: A Judge’s View

Anna Corderoy, OUDS Fresher's Rep and Cuppers Judge, gives us her thoughts on this year's competition

Review: Mark McGuire – Noctilucence

McGuire's latest release surpasses Kayleigh Tompkins' expectations
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