Wednesday 29th April 2026

Culture

Authenticity and the pop genre: Slayyyter’s ‘WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA’

Originality could be dead in pop music. The genre is so self-referential that it feels like an endless borrowing game, buying into nostalgia for bygone times outside of our...
Music Val Michael -

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of...
Books Elizabeth Bourn -

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably...
Culture Emma Heagney -

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...
Culture Evelyn Lambert -
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The Top 12: 2nd Week

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

Roll over Beethoven, and tell Uematsu the news

Josh Jones examines the biases of classical music fanatics and their effects on Classic FM

3D or not 3D?

Sophie Hall-Luke wonders if 3D will soon have had its day

Review: Five Minutes to a Fortune

The new quiz show's biggest asset is Davina — but there's some surprisingly original questions too

Review: Arne Dahl

Sarah Fan gets her latest fix of crime drama from Swedish export, Arne Dahl

JLS: A Tribute

On this fateful day for British pop music, Sophie Hall-Luke reflects on JLS's illustrious career

Review: Daughter @Oxford Town Hall

Oli Davies is enchanted by Daughter's emotional set

Tracks of the week: April 23rd

It's been around a week. I found you some more tunes. Enjoy.

Aspects of Culture: Online Culture

Megan Birch contributes to our new (semi) regular feature, examining what culture means to different groups of the student population.

Another glorious endeavour

An interview with Shaun Evans about Endeavour, acting and potentially playing Doctor Who

Spotlight on…Life is a Dream

Helen Reid shines a light behind the scenes of a drama troupe

Changing the Face of Autism

A look at the campaign challenging the practice of casting non-disabled actors in disabled roles

Behind the Woman in Black

'Is it actually scary?'

Review: ‘Magda’ by Meike Ziervogel

Sadie Levy Gale is impressed by Ziervogel's harrowing depiction of corrosive mother-daughter relationships in Nazi Germany

Man Ray Packs Sting

Kezia St. Clare Smithe enjoys the 'meticulous and subtle' portraits in the Man Ray exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery.

On Hilary’s Own Terms

Sadie Levy Gale talks about university life and writing with the two time Booker winner

Review: V.A. – Spring Breakers OST

William Dickson reviews the music used in this recent hit

Review: Phoenix – Bankrupt!

Jack Chown finds Phoenix's long-awaited new album to be a good listen

Pompeii and Circumstance

Alexander Reut-Hobbs takes a look at the British Museum's latest exhibition.

Interview: Dog Is Dead

Luke Barratt talks pop and partying with Trev from Dog Is Dead
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