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Books you can’t sink your teeth into: A brief look into unsolvable manuscripts
If there’s one thing that most people appreciate, it’s a good mystery with a clever solution. It is no accident that Agatha Christie is listed as the Guinness World...
Review: Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective
Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective, which aired in cinemas this...
Has the romantic comedy lost its charm?
The romantic comedy genre is often criticised for its overreliance on tropes. The romcom...
Palimpsest
This is a secular city, built on holy bones.
We’re on the edge of another...
2024 was for the girls: The rapid success of female artists
The last nine months of pop can perhaps be summed up in one word:...
Interview: Jon Ronson
Charlie Willis talks shame with the author and journalist Jon Ronson
JD Weaver: Changing perceptions
JD Weaver talks to Sophie Jordan about discrimination in the music industry
Is Pixar Just For Children?
Jack Schofield suggests Pixar is just as much for grown-ups
Review: Mystery Jets – Curve of the Earth
The indie stalwarts' latest release impresses Rushabh Haria
Wall Street Revisited
Tom Barrie feels more left-wing after watching 'The Big Short'
Daughter rocks to fuzzy guitar serenity
Ellen Peirson-Hagger watches the London indie trio descend into a hazy stage mist
Review: The Fastest Clock in the Universe
Beckie Rutherford finds this production a little too 'in-yer-face' for her taste
Review: Field Music – Commontime
Field Music move on to mature indie in their new album
Culture Corner: ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’
Bex Watson examines the exquisite artistry of ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, by The Darkness
Maybe darkness ain’t too bad
Thomas Hornigold muses on the human obsession with escaping darkness
Preview: Heavy Petting (Oxford Revue)
Matt Roberts urges you to go and be heavily petted
Preview: Amour
The International Rameau Ensemble brings French Baroque to Oxford on 6th February
Spooky Sets and Stuffed Cats: Ben Travers’ Aldwych Farces
Jack Bradfield looks at the neglected playwright Ben Travers in the run up to the appearance of 'Thark' next week
Spotlight: lip service to modernity
Matt Roberts is frustrated by gimmicks and hashtags from a director who should know better
