Monday 6th April 2026

Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Angels and Consolations

Katy Wright provides a glimpse into what it is like to stage an opera

Storming the Bastille

Matthew Robinson and Olivia Arigho-Stiles consider the up-and-coming indie quartet

A Bluffer’s Guide to: Post-Dubstep

Matt Jones explores the latest scene to develop out of the UK Bass culture

A Bluffer’s Guide to: Terence Rattigan

Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate illuminates this establishment classic

Preview: Anything Goes

Maria Fox is hugely charmed by this Pembroke Production

Preview: After the Dance

Angus Hawkins thinks this rarely performed play is well worth seeing

Review: A Doll’s House

Ed Bell feels Brasenose's good production of a classic play is somewhat out of place

Review: The Cribs – In the Belly of the Brazen Bull

Ceri Fowler finds The Cribs to be at their best, poor title excluded

Review: Rufus Wainwright – Out of the Game

Marc Pacitti finds Rufus Wainwright's best chance for both critical acclaim and popular support in Out of the Game

Review: JD Mcpherson – Signs and Signifiers

Sarah Poulten enjoys the 1950s charm of JD Mcpherson's latest release

Review: Damon Albarn – Dr Dee

Sam Parsons finds Damon Albarn's first true solo effort to be decidedly underwhelming

Our Man in Havana

Nick Hilton feasts on the directorial brains of Alejandro Brugués

TV Hit of the Week: Grandma’s House

Grandma’s House makes a triumphant return, as dazzlingly funny as ever

Forgiving the Unforgiven

Henry Tonks explores the historic legacy and unpredictable future of the Western movie genre

Review: The Raid

A new sort of action movie comes bursting our of Indonesia

All Tomorrow’s Parties

Richard Nias' photos of the ATP curated by Jeff Mangum.

Oxford life, in colour

Maria Naydenova's take on Oxford in the springtime.

Review: The Rain Starts A-Fallin’

Will Tummon can't find a flaw in Rory Platt's piece of new writing

An author of our own

Interview with Samantha Shannon Jones

Oxford Revisited

An exploration of literary works based in Oxford

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