Saturday 25th July 2026

Culture

Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

Review: Blood Wedding

A bloody ambitious effort, says Vanessa Lehner

Review: ‘Love’ by Angels and Airwaves

Not quite worth the hype, says Sam Pilgrim

Sound of the Underground

Christian Bridge talks to The Sunshine Underground

Preview: The Revenger’s Tragedy

Treachery, lust and murder in the Exeter chapel

First Night Review: Little Shop of Horrors

Let down by a talented but under-rehearsed cast

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

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