Thursday 11th June 2026

Culture

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

Fundamentally, The Harrowing of Hell.26 is a finely acted, well-produced play which was enjoyable enough to watch, but its conclusion is unsatisfying.

Circadian Renaissance

Clara Leonard Davies writes about the beauty of summer light and the memories that we associate it with.

Oxford Literary Festival: Will Hutton

Hutton's rallying cry to the left was powerfully argued, but perhaps wasted on the literary festival audience, says Izzy Boggild-Jones

Oxford Literary Festival: Andrew Rawnsley

The political journalist talks about the book that's making all the headlines, 'The End of the Party'

Oxford Literary Festival: Patti Smith

The Godmother of Punk gives probably the coolest talk of the festival, says Izzy Boggild Jones

Moore-ishly good

Katrina Kwan is impressed by the Tate Britain's exhibition on Henry Moore.

Oxford Literary Festival: Robert Winston

Nicky Henderson reviews 'Reinventing the wheel', a talk by the public's boffin of choice.

15 years since: The Bends

Beau Woodbury looks at the impact of Radiohead's breakthrough album

Online review: Alice in Wonderland

Great cast, great characters...a shame about the plot

Online review: The Blind Side

More like the bland side of cinema, says Sophie Adelman

Feature: Beyond Bourne

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass discuss their latest film, Green Zone

Online review: Green Zone

Much more than Bourne in Baghdad

Online review: The Princess and the Frog

Luke Partridge gets nostalgic over hand-drawn animation

A guide to the good, the bad and the Nazi

Fay Lomas meets Hitler's South American fan club in a provocative new translation of Roberto Bolaño

More than just elephant dung

Emily Hawes meets monkey apostles, philandering golfers and an icon of police racism in a new Ofili retrospective

Profile: Student Bands

Ro-to-the-land/The Great Gartini and PRDCTV

Preview: Stoning Mary

Louisa-Claire Dunnigan on a terrifying 'what if' world

Live at Comma Club

Music Editor Alistair Smout heads down to Cellar to check out the best student acts

Preview: Villainy

Richard O'Brien finds out why the good guys always win when it comes to Oxford's light entertainers

Preview: The Duchess of Malfi

A poor production fails to live up to Webster's tragic masterpiece

Interview: The Spring Offensive

James Maloney chats to The Spring Offensive about the band leading the Oxford scene

Preview: Knives in Hens

Rob Holtom on the last BT play of the term

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