Sunday 3rd May 2026

Culture

Peacocks

Their grounds abut a large colonial on Staten Island: Five or six of them Swaggering along verdant lawns, Brick walkways, man-made ponds – Such bravado. What pretty boys! Pets of somebody, clearly. They preen each...

All in a day’s Work.txt: Metatheatre’s extremes

For £5 (and a 42p booking fee), I found myself in a room full...

What I learned from Tracey Emin about regeneration

CW: Abortion I left the Tate Modern’s latest headline show, Tracey Emin: A Second Life,...

In sickness, health, and wrongdoing: ‘The Drama’ in review

CW: Gun violence. “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” is the driving question of...

Behind the Scenes: The Awkward Silence

Ralph Jones, co-creator of The Awkward Silence sketch duo, discusses why you should take a trip down to Port Mahon

Behind the Scenes: Vagrant

Alex Darby talks about his latest piece of theatre, and polarisation between the ways of life in Oxford.

Review: A Possible Life, Sebastian Faulks

Faulks satisfies with a good piece of solid literature

Review: The History of the England, Vol. II

Ackroyd plays nice with a disappointing return to a familiar period

Where are they now: Hugh Grant

Cherwell Stage looks at another of the Oxford stage's great alumni

Preview: Bloody Poetry

A strong cast makes for an intriguing production

Review: Taylor Swift – Red

Natasha Frost is impressed by the professionalism of this country-pop star.

Review: Gathering @ Oxford venues

A magic suffused evening of music and festival revelry.

Interview: Japandroids

Marc Pacitti talks tours, Pitchfork and incendiary devices with band Japandroids

Fan-tash-tic!

Martha Newson shows us how Movember should be done, at the 2012 British Beard and Moustache Championships

Screenwriters Losing the Plot

Huw Fullerton fills in the plot-holes of recent television disappointments (and 1997's Titanic)

Series Review: The Thick of It

Lizzie Greene mourns the end of one of the finest satires around

Review: The Casual Vacancy

Vickie Morrish reviews JK's attempt at 'adult fiction'

Review: City Rhythms

Eleanor Daisy Hill visits the first solo show of Oxford photographer Tom Capon at Art Jericho

‘Twas the Summer of Scandal

James Fennemore examines the heritage of the incestuous foursome at the heart of Romantic literature

Review: Happy Birthday Edward Lear

Helen McCombie is impressed by an exhibition showcasing the often unacknowledged artistic skill of Edward Lear

Review: Ordinary Landscapes

Ani Kodzhabasheva finds Jane Strother's new exhibition at the O3 Gallery a delightful experience

Review: The Handyman

Lucy Wood is underwhelmed by this tale of law, justice and revenge

Review: The Real Inspector Hound

Hannah Dewhirst recommends this treat for fans of murder mysteries

Review: It’s a Knockout

Chloe Bond is less than impressed by this knock-back

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