Friday 31st October 2025

Culture

Plaques and Peripheries: The Search for Oxford’s Women Writers

Every morning on my way to college, I pass through the cobblestoned, crowded St Mary’s Passage, overhearing stories of Oxford’s most famous literary duo, C.S Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien....

‘Extremely funny and emotionally intense’: ‘Your Funeral’ at the Burton Taylor Studio

Your Funeral is Pharaoh Productions’ debut play written by Nick Samuel, about the last...

Review: Hill and Harmer’s A Life in Song – the strange world of Lieder

"poetry told across language through performance and music"

‘Fright’s Out!’ at the Ultimate Picture Palace: ‘Dracula’s Daughter’

To call Dracula’s Daughter (1936) campy would be an understatement. In many ways it...

Is the Revue back from the dead?

James Fennemore investigates signs of a resurrection in Oxford's comedy scene.

Review: Zero Dark Thirty

Alexandra Sutton is thoroughly impressed by this controversial drama.

Once upon a time in Utah…

Nick Hilton looks ahead to the Sundance Festival, levelling the playing field for indie film

Review: Gags (Oxford Revue)

The Oxford Revue are back in town

Bueller… Bueller…

Amy Rollason twists and shouts for Hacked Off Film’s 80s cinematic experience.

Longing and Urbanity

Nadia Brent documents feelings of deep yearning for a life without limits

Photo Competition Winner – ‘Snow’

Congratulations to Nadia Brent, winner of our third competition!

Focus on… Dance in Oxford

Tess Colley talks to Emily Romain from Dream Again Dance Co.

Preview: Dull Roots, Spring Rain

Chloe Bond leaves this contemporary dance piece intrigued and frustrated

Review: The Joy Formidable – Wolf’s Law

Daniel Sperrin is underwhelmed by this latest offering from the Welsh rockers

Review: Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of…

Mischa Frankl-Duval finds this release enjoyable if derivative

A book to tear you apart

Huw Fullerton reviews 'Unknown Pleasures'

Preview: The Aleph

Georgina Wilson is impressed by this tense, sci-fi play

Just monkeying around

Liam Steward-George on being a thesp after Oxford

‘The Bone Season’ book cover released

The cover of a book written by a St Anne's student has been released.

LiveFridays at the Ashmolean

New to the Ashmolean museum this year are the highly anticipated Live Friday events. Rolf Merchant went to see how the very first, 'An Evening With the Gods', unfolded

Review: A Theory of Justice: The Musical

Chloe Bond leaves this philosophical musical educated and entertained

Review: Bluebeard

Evy Cavalla highly recommends this thought-provoking and entertaining production

Review: They Will Be Red

Tess Colley enjoys a curious new play at the Burton Taylor

Lip-Syncing Reconsidered

Myles Karp examines this much maligned but exceedingly common practice

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