Saturday 28th March 2026

Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....
Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.
Culture Hattie Simpson -

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.
Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.
Books Manya Singh -
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Consciously Good

Stephen Willats's exhibition dignifies his pedestrian subject matter

Getting Ziggy with it

In his new book about Ziggy Stardust, Simon Goddard wants his pop geniuses to be aliens...

Preview: The Wind in the Willows

This garden play will be performed in the St. Peter's Gardens and promises to be a roaring success

Americanisms: I could most definitely care less

Marc Pacitti rebuffs British concerns about the dangers of Americanization

Interview: Michael Morpurgo

Anna Leszkiewicz talks to Michael Morpurgo about his hope for a world without walls

Spotlight On… Some Funny

Helen Reid interviews the cast of Oxford's newest sketch show, on how they plan on providing at least Some Funny to audiences in 5th week.

Review: Ashurbanipal

Alex Wilson was shaken but entertained by the lyricism and expressive choreography of this piece of new writing

Perfect Punting Playlist

Cherwell Music go for a punt and give you some perfect tunes...

Preview: An Inspector Calls

Samuel Graydon previews An Inspector Calls, the Trinity term play from St Hilda's Drama Society, showing on Friday and Saturday of 4th week.

The Office: A Retrospective

Ten years on, Tom Goulding holds a series of interviews with the cast of the award-winning sitcom

Review: Lead Feathers

An ambitious but mature production from the writers of Bluebeard

Review: The Comic Mysteries

Camilla Rees gives three stars to this production of the Comic Mysteries.

Review: The Winterling

Pascal Crowe gives five stars to the first Rough Hewn production of the term, The Winterling by Jez Butterworth.

Review: The Audience

Review of The Audience, a new West End play by Peter Morgan, about relations between the Queen and Prime Ministers of recent years.

Review: Savages – Silence Yourself

Derick J Patterson is blown away by this punk debut

Review: The Great Gatsby OST

Andrew McLean believes in the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us

Interview: Jamie N Commons

Jack Chown talks Songs, the Stones and Stylists with bluesman Jamie N Commons

The Top 12 – 4th Week

Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of 4th week

Review: The Politician’s Husband

Tom Beardsworth enjoys the drama and duplicity of The Politician's Husband — but it doesn't beat Borgen

Interview: Kirsty Wark

Sophie Hall-Luke speaks to the Newsnight presenter about her illustrious career in journalism
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