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,...
Review: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
Marc Pacitti doesn't think these vampires suck!
Review: Treetop Flyers – The Mountain Moves
Jack Chown enjoys an album that walked right out of the past
How to have great taste and alienate everyone
Eleanor Sharman gets all twee, and tells you how to do the same
Did Made in Chelsea deserve that BAFTA?
Following MIC's BAFTA win, Veronica Heney gives her opinion on the controversial show
Review: Frost/Nixon
Kate Tuohy gives four stars to the production of Frost/Nixon at the Union this week.
The Top 12 – 5th Week
Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of 3rd week.
Review: I’m So Excited
Despite some funny lines, Joel Casey finds the latest film from Pedro Almodóvar substandard
Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
Georgina Pollard finds the latest Star Trek film a spocktacular triumph
Ready for your screen test?
Alexander Woolley revises the best and worst of exams on screen
Preview: The Cosmonaut’s Last Message…
Darya Schchepanovska gives a three-star preview to this modern Daivd Greig play, showing at the Keble O'Reilly in 5th week.
A visit to the Dashmolean
How to do the Ashmolean in an hour
Consciously Good
Stephen Willats's exhibition dignifies his pedestrian subject matter
Getting Ziggy with it
In his new book about Ziggy Stardust, Simon Goddard wants his pop geniuses to be aliens...
Preview: The Wind in the Willows
This garden play will be performed in the St. Peter's Gardens and promises to be a roaring success
