Culture

May Morning

Smudged mascara and the curling of coffee steam. Small yawns and the shuffling of boots. Tangled hair plaited by the same girl from first-year, a crumbly pastry shared with...

Culture Elizabeth Bourn -

Sunday

That Sunday could arrive first-class, Wrapped in tissue and stickers with minimalist logo. Sent anonymously (from...

The Source Rory Maguire -

Hail Agnes full of grace: ‘Hamnet’ and the perfect mother figure

A couple of days ago, I saw an Instagram reel (in the Friends tab,...

Film Ruya Oral -

Stubborn, devout, doomed: ‘The Anti-gone’ reviewed

When The Anti-gone begins, the only thing onstage is a lectern – stark in the harsh white light and terribly lonely – before Ismene (Kitty Brown) walks uncertainly down the aisle and stares, torn and lost, into the audience.

Culture Natalie Tan -

Review: Vinegar Tom

Go to be provoked rather than entertained, says Ellie Hindes

Review: The Philanthropist

A funny, mature and professional production, says John Warriner

Review: The Aphorist

This show's potential overpeers its problems, says Josh Baldwin

Review: The Wolfman

A film that lacks bite

Online review: Invictus

A painfully inept plot overshadows brief flashes of brilliance

The Open Heart of Colin Thubron

Our Books Editor discusses the art of travel with one of its finest living exponents

Review: A Single Man

A truly heartbreaking work of staggering beauty

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons/Baiba Skride)

Classical music review: Sheldonian Theatre, 5th February

Boxing: Town vs. Gown

Town triumph 7-4 over Gown - Photo Special!

Awesome Oxford Photography: Week 4

Almost half way through term, here's what it looks like...

Review: Ruddigore

Louisa-Claire Dunnigan gets a sneak preview of the first musical offering of the theatrical term!

‘In this world but not of it’

A look back over the uncompromising career of the late J.D. Salinger

Auschwitz-Birkenau-Bambi

A review of Miroslav Balka's 'Topography'

Review: Our Country’s Good

Meta theatre and good bad acting make this a production worth seeing

Writers on Track: NWF

The Producer of the New Writing Fesitval lets us know how it's all going

Review: One Life Stand by Hot Chip

A four-star fourth offering

Review: Odd Blood by Yeasayer

Album of the decade (so far).

Interview: Dev Heynes

The Lightspeed Champion talks Test Icicles with Cherwell

First Night Review: Equus

A strong, creepy performance, and marks to the audience too

Performance Review: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

Every minute of this one and a half hour play was worth watching

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