Culture

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a student at the Ivy League in 2024. The case is...

Good grief! Why do we feel for the death of fictional people?

Whether it’s a mild sniffle or full-blown tears, I always end up feeling a bit ridiculous about the whole ordeal when it’s over. I mean, it’s not real, is it? Why do I waste my grief on things that haven’t happened, that will never happen?

The rise of the pop girlie: Marketing mediocrity or feminism in action?  

“GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND”: so reads the iconic green T-shirt of Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon. The slogan stands in defiance of an unfortunate truth in the music industry: femininity and credibility often exist in contention with one another.

World music after ‘world music’

On the face of it, the term ‘world music’ is perhaps one of the...

The Ting Tings – We started nothing

They really haven't started anything, judging by this effort

Interview: Johnny Flynn

Cherwell talks laundry with the folk-pop star

1968 did not take place

Giving the middle finger to the Hayward Gallery's exhibition

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

Rewriting the Mind

The Art of Translating a Text

Review: Swing!

O'Reilly, 4th week

Student Play

BT Studio, 4th week, Tuesday - Saturday    

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.

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