Culture

The mysterious posters in Oxford, and the novel behind them

I had assumed it was just another poster, lost in the usual blur of student plays, society termcards, and talks promising free pizza. But this one was oddly specific.

Books Charlotte Stuart -

Musical theatre and classic literature: A marriage of two minds?

Musical theatre owes a great debt to the literature of preceding centuries. Often, all we need is one idea to ignite a spark that leads to something greater.

Culture Eva Westenberger -

Rich and generative: In conversation with ‘The Glass Menagerie’

After the success of The Creditors last Michaelmas, the Keble-based Crazy Child Productions is set to bring Williams’ breakout work to the Keble O’Reilly.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

How not to decolonise a museum: ‘Suturing Wounds’ at the Pitt Rivers

Emma Heagney reviews Sara Sallam's exhibition at the Pitt Rivers and how the museum interacts with decolonisation.

Art Emma Heagney -

Review: Pop Life

Explore four decades Pop Art at the Tate this winter

Talking Straight, No Chaser

Mr. Hudson muses with Katy Bradfield about his days in Oxford and gigging in libraries

Review: Some Voices

The company behind last term's 'Much Ado' return with an ambitious play about schizophrenia

Review: Madness of George III

Alan Bennet's comedy receives fair treatment by Cudmore and co.

Interview: The Proclaimers

...on their latest album, playing live, and Scottish independence

Bat for Lashes at the Academy

Hannah Partos finds the wizardly trio on spectacular form.

Method or Madness?

Anna Hextall follows the most extreme cases of method acting on stage and in film

New Testament to an Old Star

Orlando Bird finds jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett in triumphant form on his return to London

Editors – In This Light and On This Evening

A hit-and-miss venture into the world of retro-electronica from the Birmingham four-piece

La Vie en Rouge

Clement Knox traces Jacques Mesrines' final bloody years

Think Pink

We speak to the next big thing, the Big Pink, who are playing the OX4 Festival in Cowley on Saturday of 0th week

Review: Away We Go

A reflective take on modern American life

Making An Entrance

A whistlestop tour of Oxford's drama scene

Doubt Thou The Stars

The pros and cons of celebrity endorsed theatre

Review: Kings of Leon at Leeds Festival

Rebecca Treece watches the Tennesse four take to the stage

Review:The Wasp Factory

Ian Banks' unsavoury delight.

Musical Expeditions: Bluegrass in Upstate New York

Hitchhiking deep into the Adirondack Mountains, Evelyn Richardson becomes one of the family in the cosy American world of bluegrass

Review: Inglorious Basterds

Ignore ignorant negative and lukewarm reviews, just go and see it.

Musical Expeditions: Jazz in Prague

The language of dissidents in the Communist era, now a major tourist attraction... Czech jazz: dead or alive?

Listen While You Can: Dark Night of the Soul

The endangered brainchild of Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch, et al.

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