Culture

The Hollywood blockbuster and what it says about us

Why do ‘dad films’, once popular and even good, not seem to have the relevance they used to?

Culture Lydia Armstrong -

Confronting the future of art: ‘Responding to AI’ at Christ Church

‘Responding to AI’ an exhibition curated by Aniq Shamshi and Alice King, confronted the question of how artists perceive artificial intelligence directly.

Art Emma Heagney -

Lighthouse Productions on ‘Things I Know To Be True’

Fresh from the success of their debut production, Lighthouse Productions are set to deliver their second show: Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to Be True (2016).

Culture Abigail Lakeland -

A masterclass in devising: ‘Noether’

This original play tells the story of the mathematician Emmy Noether and her struggles with the misogyny of her male peers against the backdrop of the rising Nazi state.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

Review: And Another Thing…

Eoin Colfer's Hitchhiker sequel is baffling, overlong and unfunny. Avoid.

No more Mr. Nice Guy

Josh Lowe gets tough on Nu-folk niceness, electronic contentment and ukuleles

Review: Medea

Nothing lost in translation in this greek offering.

Review: As you like it

Our reviewer likes it, as you will too.

Review: Peach Boy

A new all ages play based on Japanese folktale

Let me entertain you.

Cherwell takes a look at what colleges have to offer. This week: Magdalen

Review: According To

A new play by Oxford's very own David Ralf

Seasick Steve – Man From Another Time

Another batch of raw, authentic songs from the travelling bluesman

Review: Go Back for Murder

Agatha Christie gets a stage makeover in this four-star offering

Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Remember Heath Ledger by forgetting this film.

Review: Turner and the Masters

Our Exhibitions Editor follows Turner from obscurity to celebrity.

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

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