Culture
Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue
Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...
Artificial insights: Decoding diversity and redefining art history with AI
In the age of AI-enhanced art, the possibilities for creativity and cultural exchange are limitless—and inclusive.
War, Peace and Writing
Throughout history, art has left an indelible cultural impact on humanity’s collective understanding of...
Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
I walked into the Wyndham Theatre’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by...
Film around the world – Turkey’s Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz was a Turkish film director. Until his death in 2006, he was...
Review: I Speak Because I Can
There's nothing beardy or vegan about Laura Marling's latest offering, says Natalya Segrove
Review: Erasing David
A truly unsettling film about privacy in Great Britain
Review: Ellie Goulding at the O2 Academy
The refreshingly quirky vocalist doesn't disappoint, says Matthew Shribman
Interview: Ellie Goulding
"I sometimes worry that I'm lacking stimulation"
Review: Kick Ass
Offensive? Perhaps. Inappropriate? Maybe. Entertaining? Definitely.
Overrated
Jane-Marie Saldanha on why Jerry Maguire isn't worth an Oscar nomination.
Oxford Literary Festival: Ian McEwan and Craig Raine
Choose your literary pairings carefully, warns Izzy Boggild-Jones, to avoid in-jokes, tension or pointless questions
Oxford Literary Festival: Philip Pullman
The supreme storyteller delights a youthful audience.
Review: Shutter Island
An Island of Hell makes for cinematic heaven, says Jacob Williamson. Scorsese is on top form.
Oxford Literary Festival: Simon Singh
You weren't a wonderful audience!
Oxford Literary Festival: Ben Goldacre
'Bad science' makes for an insightful and gripping speech, says Nicky Henderson
Oxford Literary Festival: Will Hutton
Hutton's rallying cry to the left was powerfully argued, but perhaps wasted on the literary festival audience, says Izzy Boggild-Jones
Oxford Literary Festival: Andrew Rawnsley
The political journalist talks about the book that's making all the headlines, 'The End of the Party'
Oxford Literary Festival: Patti Smith
The Godmother of Punk gives probably the coolest talk of the festival, says Izzy Boggild Jones
