Thursday 16th October 2025

Culture

Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’

As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical, metaphysical and existential waves threatening to engulf us”. It is a novel which speaks to...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar...

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

There is no reason why a remake should remain inferior to its source material;...

One book, 500 years of art: The History of Art in One Sentence

★★★★☆ Former Wadhamite Verity Babbs has created a practical guide to the history of art...

First Night Review: Samson Agonistes

Merton Chapel provides the perfect backdrop for this atmospheric production

First Night Review: The Oxford Revue

The Oxford Revue fails to deliver the sun, sea and sauciness promised.

Feature: Amateur Cinematics

Nick Pierce celebrates student filmmaking

Underrated

Films that didn't get the attention they deserved...this week, The Fall

Review: The Last Station

Expect to see this hitting the BBC on repeat in future, don't expect our reviewer to be watching

Review: Extraordinary Measures

It doesn't quite measure up

Online review: Micmacs

Enjoyable film with a couple of incongruous scenes

Oxford Union Ball: From Russia with Love

Last Friday's James Bond themed Union Ball was double 0 Heaven...

Oxford University Orchestra (Benjamin Wallfisch)

Our classical music reviwer was impressed at the Sheldonian Theatre on 19th February

Photo Blog: Part VI

A sideways glance at life in Oxford...

Moments snatched in a life of touch and go

James Wright follows Jan Morris' new book 'Contact!' across a whole lifetime and half the known world

Landy’s ‘Art Bin’. Trash or Treat?

Sam Pilgrim ponders whether chucking away works of art can genuinely be considered, erm, art

Review: IMPerium

Elizabeth Biggs finds the Imps far from imperious

Review: Three Sisters

Perhaps take a rain check(ov)

Review: Samson Agonistes

Atmospheric surroundings pardon the flaws in this production

Review: Heligoland

Worth waiting seven years for? Probably, says Jane-Marie Saldanha

Review: ‘To The Rest of the World’ by Trail

James Andrewes is largley unimpressed by this unoriginal effort

15 years since

In our regular column, we take a look at the impact of Maxinquaye by Tricky

In praise of Evensong

James Maloney examines one of Oxford's great musical institutions

Ayck-born for the stage

Olivia Hanson talks to the playwright about his life's "fortunate series of events"

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