Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Balloon breasts and whoopee cushions with Ellen Page
Director Ellen Page offers her insight into KVETCH, a play 'dedicated to the afraid'
Interview: Roddy Doyle
James Tozer talks to Roddy Doyle about middle-age, teaching, and Fernando Torres
Review: Trains and Lovers
Laura-Beth Shanahan finds McCall Smith's stories 'comforting as hot chocolate'
Preview: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down
An intimate depiction of domestic violence at the TSK
A Grimm Birthday
As the 200th anniversary year of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder und HausmÓ“rchen' draws to a close, Enyuan Khong reflects on the fairy tales' significance
Review: Pericles
A riotous, genuinely fun night of theatre
Preview: Endgame
A look at Oxford's latest Beckett offering
Review: The Material
Hannah Barton enjoys The Edgar Wind Society's first exhibition
Interview: Conn Iggulden
James Tozer talks to the author of The Dangerous Book for Boys
The Price of the Pre-Raphaelites
Mimi Goodall isn't sure if Aidan Meller's new gallery is in keeping with the movement's ideals
Preview: Hercules
Tomos Watkins admires the Herculean effort of Oxford Opera
Interview: Melvyn Bragg
Holly Whiston talks to the veteran broadcaster
Letter from Paris
Theo sends us a letter about her year abroad in Paris
Review: Jake Bugg- Shangri La
Something's really Bugging Jack Chown
