Tuesday 24th February 2026

Culture

Art is an argument, so argue back

Often, how much we like artwork comes down to ‘vibes’, initial gut-reactions we make, and then quickly negate by stating that surely it's all about taste.

Red soles, red flags: Jaden Smith and the celebrity takeover of high fashion

Smith’s appointment has raised some serious questions about the extent to which nepotism and celebrity is superseding artistic talent in the fashion industry at present.

The ‘Silent’ Film

Not speaking does not necessarily mean having nothing to say. As much can be said with an image, movement, or glance as with a word.

A day in The Sun: ‘Ink’ at St John’s

James Graham’s Ink, directed by Georgina Cooper with the St John’s Drama Society, dramatises Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun in the 1960s, tracing its astonishing surge to unprecedented popularity.

Film Wars: Big Screen/ Little Screen

Is TV a vacuous void? Is film the real art form?

Reviews: The Happiest Girl in the World & The Girl on the Train

Abhishek Bhattacharyya compares the latest forein language film releases

Review: The Brothers Bloom

A quirky, genre-busting film

First Night Review: Closet Land

Jenni Cutting discovers the BT ain't no Narnia this week

My, Fair Play!-dy

Andrew McCormack can't say fairer than that, with the Queen's Garden Play

Photo Blog – 6th Week

It's already 6th Week, here's what it looks like*

What Makes A Classic: Magnolia

Beau Woodbury on Paul Thomas Anderson's modern masterpiece

A funny type of attraction

Rafaella Marcus on why even the most unfortunate -looking of comics can send the girls swooning

Review: Iris Murdoch, a writer at war

Helena Bennett finds that students haven’t changed much in 70 years - but the world around them has

Review: Closet Land

What happens when Enid Blyton meets Orwell's Big Brother?

Review: Rent

Andrew McCormack catches up with the first instalment of this month's rent.

Remainders of a revolution

The Time that Remains: Quietly thought-provoking. Sometimes a little too quiet.

The magic motion man

Jane-Marie Saldanha speaks with Adam Elliot, independent animator extraordinaire

The college dropouts

Alex Dudok de Wit talks to Foals keyboardist and Oxford abscondee Edwin Congreave

First Night Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Will Granger thinks there's plenty to say about this something.

First Night Review: No Exit

Max Marenbon checks in, and checks out Sartre's classic at the Frewin Undercroft

Online Review – Fourtissimo

A new comedy of modern manhood hits the BT next week. Will it stick?

Online Review – Dangerous Liaisons

Ice-cold trysting at Trinity in a superb garden play

A Lovely Labour, Well Found

Andrew McCormack picnics with Shakespeare and St. John's Mummers

‘5th WEEK’ – Cherwell’s famous Photo Blog

Beat those blues with brilliant photography from around Oxford

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