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....

Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘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.

Culture Hattie Simpson -

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.

Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

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.

Books Manya Singh -

Review: Chromatics – Kill For Love

Kyle Sawhney finds Chromatics' new LP cementing their reinvention as brooding synth-poppers, despite erring on the side of self indulgence at seventeen tracks

Review: Kindness – World, You Need A Change of Mind/ at XOYO

Matt Walsh finds out first whether Kindness' debut delivers and then how it comes across live

Review: The Cabin in the Woods

Nick Hilton spends his Easter with a new kind of horror film

Amy Rollason in Washington DC

Sunny shots from the US capital in springtime

After the Revolution

Barbara Speed documents her visit to post-revolutionary Cairo

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Music Director’s Blog

Zalman Kelber on weaving together the score for the production

Review: Joshua Caole – Moon Palace

Sarah Poulten finds Joshua Caole's debut EP showing potential, but not quite yet the finished article

Review: One Man, Two Guvnors

Ellie Halls is largely very amused by this life-sized seaside postcard, on at the Royal Haymarket

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s Blog 2

Alice Fraser on why acting is like breaking in new shoes

Review: Rocket Juice & the Moon – Rocket Juice & the Moon

Patrick Scott finds Rocket Juice and the Moon's album to be less than the sum of its parts

Review: Grimes – Visions

Susan Yu is left entranced by Grimes' blend of chillwave and electro

Review: OUJO at the Jericho Tavern

Adam Lebovits finds himself entranced by what the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra has to offer.

A Shark’s Tale

Viccy Ibbett interviews Headington's favourite resident, Bill Heine

What the Folk?

Olivia Arigho Stiles looks at what the Oxford Folk weekend has to offer

JLS to Pay a Visit to Oxford’s Dreaming Spires

Olivia Arigho Stiles on what JLS' recently announced Oxford tour date means for those staying over the summer

A Bluffers’ Guide to: First Wave Hardcore

In what might be the final Bluffers' Guide, Matt Robinson examines the origins of Hardcore

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Actor’s Blog

Barney Iley- Williamson on why he's having more fun than you are

Review: Out Through The In Door

Natasha Frost is disillusioned by Alex Mills' efforts

A Bluffers’ Guide to Scandipop (Twee)

Natasha Frost showcases some fine Scandinavian wares

AKB48: Seriously big in Japan

Natasha Frost embarks on a cultural journey of discovery, winding up somewhere on the internet

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