Culture

Why does everyone like East of Eden so much?

Spoilers Ahead!! East of Eden is a special book in many ways. It is beautiful, for one, and loving too. John Steinbeck dedicated it to his editor and long-term friend...
Books Abigail Riley -

The return of the surreal 

Mythical, dreamlike, phantasmagorical, and absurd: Surrealism, which took the art world by storm in...
Art Sylvie Quick -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -

Seasonal reads: On childhood hobbies, growing up, and guilt

Reconnecting with reading is something many people tend to do on a summer holiday,...
Books Elizabeth Gammaidoni -
Latest

Review: Lady Gaga- ARTPOP

Gaga's latest offering pushes things to the extreme- and not in a good way

Interview: Marvellous Medicine

Luke Barratt gets a quick dose of Oxford’s most exciting live act at Isis’s Cellar night

Review: Autobiography by Morrissey

Please, Please, Please, Let... him stop writing

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
1...226227228...350Page 227 of 350

Follow us