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...

The Source Rory Maguire -

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

I first heard about Work.txt when I was asked by a friend (or coworker?) if I was free Saturday night. And this was a gilt-edged proposition I just couldn’t turn down.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

What I learned from Tracey Emin about regeneration

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

Art Willow Jopp -

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...

Film Siena Tracey -

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 BruguÃ©s

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

Profile of Writing Students # 2

Amy Blakemore, a student at Oxford, answers a few questions about her poetry

Profile of Writing Students #1

Clarissa Pabi, a student at Oxford, answers a few questions about her creative writing

Voyeurs to man’s vulnerability

W J Humphries finds Lucian Freud's exhibition an affecting experience.

The Phoenix and the Red Carpet

Nick Hilton visits Jericho's finest independent cinema in search of a better class of movie

The Booker Prize for Dough

A short story

Review: King Charles – LoveBlood

Olivia Stiles thinks she may have found the soundtrack to the summer in King Charles' LoveBlood

Review: Ren Harvieu – Through the Night

Patrick Scott finds Ren Harvieu to have come back from injury to deliver an album that feels free while maintaining its classic touches

Interview: Dry the River

Olivia Arigho Stiles talks neo folk and religion with Dry the River

Are you a creative writer?

Viccy Ibbett surveys a few of the opportunities available to creative writers in Oxford.

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