Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
The genius of Nicolas Cage
Phyllis Steinmann discusses Cage's most thought-provoking film
Yayoi Kusama: repetition and restfulness
Sam Joyce on the purpose and process behind the avant-garde’s high priestess of polka dots
ISIS, iconoclasm and art — for peace’s sake
Katherine Hinzman argues that attacks on cultural artefacts force us to reevaluate our notion of art
Patterns in the barkcloth
Beth Timmins takes a look at the British Museum’s latest exhibition
Sharing Poetry Pie with Roger McGough
Ben Ray talks to Roger McGough about children’s poetry and the importance of the everyday in life
Review: Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall
Benedict George on how the King of Folk is still current
Next-gen Darwin not evolving
Morgan Harries talks boredom with a “soul-sick” Darwin Deez
Oxford Lieder Festival: Singing Words
Frankie Perry shines a spotlight on this year’s edition of the renowned classical music celebration.
Preview: Playhouse Creatures
Oliver Williams is equally intrigued by the play and the director at the BT
Milestones: Sympathy for the Devil
This week, Samuel Dunnett worships at the altar
of the Rolling Stone’s ‘Sympathy for The Devil’ and its lasting legacy for satanism in music
Between the devil and the (Johnny) Depp
Fintan Calpin on the perils of looking too deep into Polanski’s occult thriller The Ninth Gate
Interview: Jamie Phillips
James Chater chats to the up-and-coming conductor about his visit to Oxford
Review: The Prophetess
A very frank view of Student Opera
Sci-fi classic? Not by a giant leap
Patrick Oisin Mulholland reviews Ridley Scott's The Martian
