Culture
The art of rowing: In conversation with Emily Craig
After a formidable finish in the Lightweight Women’s double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, Team GB’s Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured their places as the...
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
"HOLY SH*T I’M ONLINE": art, literature and the web
Fintan Calpin discusses postinternet art and literature
Preview: Game of Thrones Season Five
Emmanuelle Soffe recaps events on the hit show, and looks ahead to what may be coming our way in the next season
Review: Mark Knopfler – Tracker
Mark Barclay is disappointed by Knopfler's good but predictable album
Review: Mommy
Sam Joyce finds Xavier Dolan's latest oedipal family drama to be a revelation.
The review club: filthy, spoiled, rotten
A look at the dark side of the Oxford drama world
6 songs to show you and your old mates still like each other
Stifle your weeping and listen to The Killers
Review: Life Itself
Anthony Maskell reviews Steve James' celebratory documentary about the life of America's most famous film critic
Hitchcock and Voyeurism
Anthony Maskell explores how the legendary director changed the way audiences watched cinema
6 Songs That Will Show Your Mum How Cool You’ve Become
Your mum's never even heard of PC Music. Let her know how uncool that is.
How not to talk to grown ups: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act
Ben Cooke reviews Ian McEwan's latest novel.
Islamic State’s war on cultural heritage
Elliot Langley argues that IS's systematic destruction of ancient Assyrian culture is a form of genocide
Emo: Not a dirty word
Tom Barrie explores the revival of a genre unfairly ignored and maligned
Review: Wild
Anthony Maskell finds Wild to be a journey worth taking
Review: The Doctor In Spite of Himself
Michael Roderick reviews this Molière classic
