Culture
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...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Lata Nobes finds the latest Hunger Games a compelling watch
The good, the bad and the BBFC
Ollie Johnson looks at the forgotten role of the BBFC in modern cinema
Lessons from the Script Room
Olivia Sung spills the secrets of the soap opera script department
Preview: The Country
Martin Crimp's taut thriller has the potential to utilise the BT Studio effectively when it arrives there in Eighth Week, says Fergus Morgan
Review: Ridley’s Choice
Izzy Neil is impressed by James P. Mannion's latest play
Interview: The Oxford Imps
This term, nine new performers join Oxford's improvised comedy troupe - we get the inside info.
Interview: Louise Chantal
Fergus Morgan talks to the newly-appointed Chief Executive of the Oxford Playhouse
Review: Carousel
Bethan Roberts doesn't feel that this 1940s musical has stood the test of time
Why the two-part finale is not as new as you think
Sam Joyce argues that the split finale is a relic of cinema's past
Review: Assassins
We're impressed by this darkly comic Sondheim musical
Preview: Jackson and Grummitt – Planet Marmalade
Fergus Morgan meets the latest in a long line of Oxbridge comedy duos ahead of their BT sketch show in eighth week
Review: OBA Short Film Screening
Tom Barrie finds a wonderful range of student-made films showcased at OBA's annual screening.
Preview: Ridley’s Choice
Naomi Polonsky gets an insight into this thought-provoking piece of new theatre
Emily Russell: colours of Matisse and shapes of Malevich
Naomi Polonsky goes for an intense coffee with one of Oxford’s up-and-coming artists
