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: Kele Okereke —Â Trick
Kele is up to his old trick(s)
Review: Afternoons — Say Yes
Clare Saxby is unimpressed by this nostalgic Americana
Review: Dope Body — Lifer
Nile Collins reviews Dope Body's new album
Interview: Southern
Clare Saxby chats to rising stars Southern about their upcoming album
Oxford Lieder Festival: Ciara Hendrick and Maciek O’Shea
Joseph Fell reviews a programme of Schubert songs at Oxford's annual Lieder festival
Interview: Esarhaddon
Isaac Goodwin talks to director Lucy Wood about the new Assyrian play, on at the Simpkins Lee theatre on Wednesday 29th October
Review: Our Fathers
Lily McIlwain is moved by theatre group Babakas' thoughtful exploration of fatherhood
Review: Pride
Kristin Grogan finds solidarity without sentimentality in Pride, as miners and LGBT activists are thrown together in Thatcher's Britain.
Milestones: George Harrison after the Beatles
Joel Nelson tells us about George Harrison's post-Beatles escape
Mortality: what will survive of us is art
Clare Saxby discusses how the death of an artist has an inevitable effect on the reception of their work
Review: Fat Pig
Fergus Morgan is less than impressed by Neil Labute's attempted exploration of society's prejudice towards unusual relationships
Preview: Our Country’s Good
Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull gives us a sneak preview of Timberlake Wertenbaker's modern classic, which arrives at Keble's O'Reilly Theatre in 3rd Week
Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Damien Shannon trawls through the sewage and finds Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles wanting
Review: The Tate Modern Displays
Andrew McLean finds the curation of these exhibits confusing
