Monday 13th 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.

Crossovers: when music becomes cinema and vice versa

Sophia Lambton analyses the use of classical music in film

One to Watch: Doctrines

Matt Robinson warns us about the unstoppable force that is Doctrines

Review: Lars Sorken

Maria Fox is thrilled by a rather impressive piece of theatre

Review: The Flowers of War

Susan Yu admires Zhang Yimou's visual masterpiece.

Review: Man on a Ledge

Georgina Pollard surveys the highs and lows of Asger Leth's action thriller.

Bondamonium

James Aber reflects on the mind-warping experience of watching all 22 Bond films... at once.

Review: West Side Story

Frances Kaye is thrilled by Lincoln College Players' contribution to the Turl Street Arts Festival

London puts its best foot forward

Cecilia Stinton explores the capital's celebrations of the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his groundbreaking Ballets Russes

Preview: Othello

Daniel Frampton sees strengths but also some weaknesses in Corpus Christi's re-imagining of the Bard

Preview: Lars Sorken, A Norwiegan Noir

Charlotte Lennon enjoys this striking, strange piece

Review: The Truth

Angus Hawkins is confused and disappointed by St Hilda's latest theatrical endeavor into the world of Terry Pratchett

Preview: Mephisto

Joshua Philips is fascinated and engrossed by Milja Fenger's latest production, Mephisto, at the Oxford Playhouse

Interview: The Awkward Silence

Daniel Frampton quizzes comedy duo, 'The Awkward Silence' on their adventures into the world of radio

The Final Stages: Mephisto

With the curtain rising in a matter of days, Lloyd Houston takes a looks back on his experience acting in Mephisto

A Bluffers’ Guide To: Surf Pop

Wetsuit on, grab your board, and let's catch some rollers with Natasha Frost

Out and onstage

Daniel Frampton examines the prejudices facing LGBT actors

Review: Tennis – Young & Old

Marc Pacitti reviews Tennis' second album Young & Old

The power of fiction

Jack Powell discusses 'gay fiction' with author Paul Burston

Review: Shearwater – Animal Joy

Richard O'Brien reviews the latest offering from the Okkervil River offshoot

Review: Chronicle

James Aber chronicles Trank's debut

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