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NAZA: The most important film of the year

The filmmakers of NAZA clearly know that beyond physical distance, emotional distance is what allows the violence in Gaza to continue, and shows us just how easy it is to ignore what is going on right under our noses.

In conversation with John Kennedy, “one of the most trusted voices in music”

In a media landscape often dominated by gossip, rumours, and sometimes pure hate, it’s undeniably refreshing to listen to John, a man who never lost sight of what really matters.

The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.

The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.

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

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.

More Short Stories…

Two rich and powerful short stories by Anahita Hoose

Short Stories….

A trio of short stories by Calypso Blaj, Failed Novelist extraordinaire.

A Bluffer’s Guide to: George Bernard Shaw

Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate talks you through the great socialist writer

Review: Killing Hitler

Despite a patchy production, Angus Hawkins is impressed by a fascinating story

Settling the Score

Christy Edwall talks with Dario Marianelli about the art of composition

A Bluffer’s Guide to: The New Wave of Hip Hop

Matt Jones walks you through some of the biggest names in the latest resurgence of US hip hop

Album Review: Europe – Allo Darlin’

Tom Hoskins finds that Allo Darlin' balances pain with euphoria to good effect

Review: The Tempest, Magdalen

Constantine Fraser laments the rain, as a high-spirited production of The Tempest is forced inside

Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Brasenose

Rosalee Edwards feels the fourth wall slipping away in front of her in this enthralling production

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