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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:...
Roots Of: The ChicagOx House Scene
Tom Waterhouse gives a history lesson on Bloody Knuckles.
Review: CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye
Tom Waterhouse finds nothing particularly praiseworthy in the latest from CHVRCHES.
Review: Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon
Bryony Harris remains in her Honeymoon phase with the 'soft grunge goddess'
At crossed purposes
Ben Cooke declares ITV's new exorcism drama a biblical waste of time
Oxford cinemagoing: a primer
Toby Scadding weighs the options for your next cinema visit
The hottest summer you never even had
Fintan Calpin takes a look back at the nostalgic comedy of 2001 cult film Wet Hot American Summer
Milestones: Psychocandy
This week, Sam Joyce discusses The Jesus and Mary Chain’s
seminal album Psychocandy, which birthed the Shoegaze scene
Shutter speeds and the passage of time
Sam Joyce goes in search of the past and the self in the works of several famous photographers
Drama needs video
Henner Petin writes the most exciting article you will ever watch
Remembrance of theatre past
Mark Barclay wistfully recalls the idealism of freshers’ week
‘End of the road’? Hopefully not.
Zoe Hare champions the growing independent festival
Please buy Carly Rae Jepsen’s new album on iTunes
It's really good I promise
Review: Halsey – Badlands
'moving in the sense that your eyes will roll right out of your head'
Review: Inside Out
Frankie Shama on Pixar's resounding comeback film