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: Crystal Castles – (III)
A dizzying assault on the senses from the Canadian experimental duo.
Riding An Awesome Wave
Olivia Arigho Stiles talks drugs and debauchery with 2012 Mercury Prize winners Alt-J
Bonfire Bonanza
Sophie Baggott and Freddie Bowerman remember remember the fifth of November
Behind the Scenes: Volpone XXX
Volpone goes for the gutter in a unique analysis of marketing strategies
Preview: Jane Eyre
Evy Cavalla expects great things from Polly Teale's reworking of a classic
Zoom in on…OU Photo
Oxford University Photography Society president Carl Turpie talks to Sophie Baggott about honing your photography skills in Oxford
Review: Beats
Heather Young urges you to see this experimental piece of new writing
Review: A Little Night Music
Evy Cavalla finds this play strong in performance, but lacking in its content
Review: A Country Doctor
Francesca Cioni recommends this unique and vivid experience
Review: Life Sentence
Despite its many flaws, Life Sentence offers an audacious and dynamic production
A decade under the influence
Patrick Scott talks to The Cribs about being ten years old.
Review: Rust and Bone
Georgina Pollard is put through the wringer by this powerful French drama
Preview: O Human Child
Max Dalton urges readers to be lured into this Bacchanal ritual.
Preview: Life Sentence
Alexander Woolley looks forward to this original comedy about a hypochondriac
