Saturday 13th June 2026

Culture

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that not all Jane Austen adaptations are created equal.

‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

'Our House' ultimately becomes not just a story about crime or morality, but about the vulnerability of growing up and the frightening uncertainty of trying to decide who you are.

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

Review: Actors’ Anonymous by James Franco

Will Pimlott on James Franco's 'trite and embarrassing' new novel

Interview: Albert Alla

Adam Whiley speaks to Albert Alla about his Oxford-set debut novel

Interview: Jim Crace

Emma Hewitt talks politics, journalism and Booker nominations with Jim Crace

More Funny

Claire Watt has a laff with the jokers behind last term's 'Some Funny'

Cuppers 2013

Highlights form OUDS' annual introduction to thespdom

Preview: Shells

From the writer of Bluebeard and Lead Feathers comes a new play, set in a post-apocalyptic Britain

Review: The Hypochondriac

Witty, farcical and mad: this week's play at the Keble O'Reilly was a sheer delight

Introduction to: Grime Instrumentals

George King introduces the sub-low enfant terrible of the British underground

Protest in Art

Delia Lockey discusses how protests are portrayed in culture

My Week: Jen Brennan

Jen Brennan is at University College, reading PPE. She plays percussion for the Oxford University Ceilidh Band.

Letter from Amman

Ollie Radway writes from the capital of Jordan

Review M.I.A. – Matangii

Adam Piascik is impressed by the singer's return to form

Interview: Beans on Toast

Luke Barratt talks songwriting and political apathy with the drunken folk singer

Review: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2

Luke Barratt is unexpectedly enthralled by Shady's best offering for years

Preview: Chicago

Some classic tunes and even better tuned direction

Interview: Palma Violets

Helen Thomas discusses Chilli-ng out and settling down with the indie frontman

Review: Judgment at Nuremberg

A compelling and assured performance of this unmissable production

Interview: Tavi Gevinson

Anna Leszkiewicz talks firsts, feminism and fans with Rookie editor and rookie actress Tavi Gevinson

Review: Saved

A ridiculous premise that is saved by strong acting and well-cast characters

Review: Raymond Moody’s Blues

Olivia Aylmer muses on Freidrich Kunath's presentation of solitude

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