Thursday 3rd July 2025

Culture

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

Perhaps, Oxford

We met at a Latin meeting hosted by the Oxford Ancient Languages Society at...

Review: The Great Gatsby

After a rocky start, Georgina Pollard finds plenty worth praising in this opulent film

Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Delia Lockey reviews Opera Lyrica's production of The Barber of Seville

Preview: Alice in Wonderland

A promising sneak-peak of 6th week's Trinity Garden Play

Review: The Wind in the Willows

An energetic and unexpectedly humourous production which didn't quite manage to blow our reviewer away

Review: Il Barbiere di Siviglia @ St. Peter’s College

Sophia Lambton casts an eye over Opera Lyrica's version of this classic

The Cherwell Profile – Philip Pullman

Cherwell meets the His Dark Materials author and Exeter College alumnus

Review: The Cosmonaut’s Last Message

Camilla Rees gives four stars to this production of the Cosmonaut's Last Message at the Keble O'Reilly this week.

Review: Deathtrap at the Burton Taylor

Hannah Dewhirst gives two stars to this production at the Burton Taylor studio in 5th week.

Preview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

An wildly unpredictable production that succeeds in transporting its audience

Review: Some Funny

This new show had Pascal Crowe in stitches with some of the best student comedy Oxford has to offer

Review: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City

Marc Pacitti doesn't think these vampires suck!

Review: Treetop Flyers – The Mountain Moves

Jack Chown enjoys an album that walked right out of the past

How to have great taste and alienate everyone

Eleanor Sharman gets all twee, and tells you how to do the same

Did Made in Chelsea deserve that BAFTA?

Following MIC's BAFTA win, Veronica Heney gives her opinion on the controversial show

Review: Frost/Nixon

Kate Tuohy gives four stars to the production of Frost/Nixon at the Union this week.

The Top 12 – 5th Week

Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of 3rd week.

Review: I’m So Excited

Despite some funny lines, Joel Casey finds the latest film from Pedro Almodóvar substandard

Review: Star Trek Into Darkness

Georgina Pollard finds the latest Star Trek film a spocktacular triumph

Ready for your screen test?

Alexander Woolley revises the best and worst of exams on screen

Preview: The Cosmonaut’s Last Message…

Darya Schchepanovska gives a three-star preview to this modern Daivd Greig play, showing at the Keble O'Reilly in 5th week.

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