Thursday 13th November 2025

Culture

‘Like the edge of a knife’: Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk brings his ‘Continuous Music’ to Oxford

Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk took the stage in Magdalen College Chapel and the Holywell Music Room on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November to showcase his unique style, called...

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about...

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

In every bookshop today, from Blackwell’s to Waterstones, an unmistakable pattern emerges: Greek myth...

Down the rabbit hole: illustrating ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has long proved an endless source of inspiration to illustrators....

Review: Oklahoma!

Moser Theatre, 6th week, Tues - Sat

Theatre Column: The Actor

Playing the role of Moritz in Spring Awakening

First night review: Bald Primadonna

Review by Edwin Black.

Review: The Ossians

Scottish indie rock clamouring for attention.

Review: The Need for Uncertainty

Mircea Cantor Modern Art Oxford Until 1 June

Student Play

BT Studio, 4th week, Tuesday - Saturday    

Rewriting the Mind

The Art of Translating a Text

Review: Swing!

O'Reilly, 4th week

First night review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

O'Reilly Theatre 3rd Week Tues - Sat

First Night Review: A Doll’s House

Oxford Playhouse 6-10 May 

The Futureheads – “This is not the world”

Monique Davis is underwhelmed by The Futureheads' latest offering

Interview: Mystery Jets

Harry Thompson meets the Mystery Jets.

Interview: Amara Karan

Ruth Banks talks to the self assured star of St Trinian’s and The Darjeeling Ltd. about her improbable rise to fame.

Interview: John Hurt

Ben Williams talks to a cinematic icon.

Neighbourhood Watch: Figment

Sean Lennon digs the fig.

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