Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Walls of Jericho
A walk through Jericho on a sunny February afternoon
Jenny Saville’s brutal bodies
Siobhan Fenton praises the work of the Oxford-based artist, said to be ‘the heir to Lucian Freud’
Review: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Some excellent acting marred by a lack of polish
Review: Antigone
Tess Colley is not convinced by this modern adaption of a Greek Tragedy
Review: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
An enjoyable production, if lacking polish
Review: The Play’s the Thing
Camilla Rees cries in laughter at this improvised Shakespeare
If you liked… good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
Christopher Spaide sends you back to school
Interview: Bastille
Luke Barratt talks David Lynch and support touring with Dan Smith
Review: Eels – Wonderful, Glorious
Charlotte McLean sees Eels strike up a new tone
Review: My Bloody Valentine – m b v
George King is blown away by this triumphant comeback from the kings of shoegaze
Review: ROPE
Kezia Lock enjoys this good but not outstanding production
Diaries from a Catty production team
Cherwell Stage gets the inside scoop from the cast and crew of 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'
Photo Competition Winner – ‘Faces’
Congratulations to Camille, winner of our 5th week photo competition!
Journey to Jordan
Chloe Cornish shares her travels through an incredible desert kingdom
