Culture
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:...
Live Review: The Fratellis at the O2 Academy
Rachael Griffith comes back to the Fratellis, eight years on
Review: One Direction – Made in the A.M.
Laura Hamilton discusses One Direction's new direction
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
