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A jarring Mann: ‘Fatherland’ (2026) in review

Fatherland, which recounts celebrated Modernist author Thomas Mann’s return to a Germany in wreck and rubble, deals with great personal malaise against a backdrop of great political unease.
Culture Freddie Lewis-Hedley -

Why does everyone like East of Eden so much?

A beautiful book, written in a determinedly readable style, is bound to become popular, not to mention the endless power of nostalgia.
Books Abigail Riley -

The return of the surreal 

Mythical, dreamlike, phantasmagorical, and absurd: Surrealism, which took the art world by storm in...
Art Sylvie Quick -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -
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A day on the set of a student film: Waterbird/Catkins

We spent the day with the crew of two student films being shot in Oxford, to see what the best of the amateur film scene has to offer

Interview: Regis Philbin

Cody Gifford sits down with Regis Philbin.

Review: Njal’s Saga

Andrew McLean finds Marquez in Medieval Iceland

OOTB charity single gets Shakira seal of approval

Out of the Blue’s charity single, ‘Hips Don’t Lie,’ plugged by Shakira

Review: Monty Python Live (mostly)

Are they the messiahs, or just very naughty boys? The verdict is in.

Review: Skylight

Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy star in this timely revival of David Hare's 1995 work

Review: Marina Abramović, 512 Hours

Naomi Polonsky experiences performance art history in the making

Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Though the simian performances ultimately carry the title, Planet of the Apes is ironically let down by its lacklustre and comparatively bland human characters

Review: Great Britain

Freya Judd finds Richard Bean's satire to be funny but flawed

Review: The Alchemist

Luke Barratt is impressed with this OUDS production of a Ben Jonson classic

Doctor Who – A Prognosis

Anna Corderoy speculates on the past, present and future of the classic series.

Review: Titus Andronicus

Jennifer Lanigan finds Lucy Bailey's revival of her 2006 blood-bath at The Globe mesmerising in its shocking brutality

Review: A Long Way Down

It's a long way down and still a ways to go for this underwhelming Nick Hornby adaptation, writes Cody Gifford

Review: Boyhood

Richard Linklater's most ambitious project to date is a masterful landmark in the history of cinema, writes Tom Barrie

Review: In Lambeth

Emma Hewitt is entertained but left disatisfied by Jack Shepherd's exploration of 18th-century revolutionist philosophy

Review: Beryl

A new play about a cycling legend is timely, compelling, and told with warmth

Glastonbury 2014: The People and the Place

Emma Simpson gets lost at Glastonbury and makes some new discoveries

Exploring the unexplored in Oxford drama

Could immersive theatre be the next big thing for student productions?

Cynicism and idealism in cinema

Tom Barrie looks at how contemporary filmmakers approach their subjects and the insight it provides into ourselves

Review: 22 Jump Street

Self-aware humour saves this sequel from mediocrity, writes Tom Barrie
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