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,...
Review: Laughter Track
A myriad of influences make for a highly entertaining evening of comedy
Review: Jane Eyre
Max Long sees a solid production of a novel difficult to adapt
Review: Vagrant
A pontificating script is redeemed by some clever technical performances
Review: Volporne
A fantastic technical production takes centre stage in this highly enjoyable show
Review: Clock Opera – Ways To Forget
Olivia Arigho Stiles thinks this is the best album of the year.
Review: A.C. Newman – Shut Down The Streets
Marc Pacitti enjoys the Canadian songsmith's latest offering
140 Characters in search of a Tweeter
Nick Hilton gives you the low-down on tweeting about Film & TV, and how to make the most of microblogging
Review: The Hour
Lizzie Greene is enamoured with this hour of TV (and Ben Whishaw)
Review: Argo
Georgina Pollard is impressed by Ben Affleck's third stint behind the camera
Review: Freedom of the City
An intimate and brilliantly unpacked piece of theatre
Review: The Get-Out
Yara Rodrigues Fowler applauds the best piece of student writing she has seen as Oxford yet
Review: Titus Andronicus
Darya Shchepanovska delights in the reworking of this bloody tragedy
Cuppers Review: Hamlet the Musical
Anya Metzer finds Christ Church's starling reworking of this Shakespearian tragedy bizarrely effective
Cuppers Review: Wonderland
Quintin Caldwell is suitably impressed by David McShane's rendition of a Lewis Carrol classic
