Wednesday 9th July 2025

Culture

‘Pour summer in a glass’: retracing Dandelion Wine

“You did not hear them coming. You hardly heard them go. The grass bent down, sprang up again. They passed like cloud shadows downhill ... the boys of summer,...

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

How the Grinch Stole the Christmas Number One

Many years ago, all the good girls and boys of the United Kingdom would get a special present from Santa every Christmas – a...

Punch and BoJo

What happens to satire when politics is already a joke?

Vintage Actually

Holiday dressing with a new old approach We love the holiday season because dazzling decorations adorn our neighborhoods as we revel in the joy of...

In Defense of Escapist Art

In our current political climate escapism is a dirty word. Moreover, it is a risky form of mental engagement in a culture that calls...

Review: Fine Line – Harry Styles

Two years since his solo debut, Harry Styles is back with his second album, Fine Line. Styles’ self-titled album in 2017 had to fight...

The Fantasy of Film

Food - whether symbolising power, desire, loss, despair, love, murder or moral, social and political disorder - provides an extensive menu for films. Imogen Harter-Jones explores its symbolic capabilities.

Review: Macbeth

Leone Van den Schrieck reviews Collarbone Productions' 'Macbeth' at the BT.

Review: American Buffalo

Frazer Martin reviews 'American Buffalo' at the Pilch.

Review: Malcolm The Miserable

Ottilie Mitchell reviews new play Malcolm The Miserable at the BT studio.

Review: Oxford Contemporary Opera Festival

Clementine Scott is impressed by the Oxford Contemporary Opera Festival at Saint Hilda's.

And Others’ Stories

A massive portrait of Ashley Walters looms over Kingsland High Road. Plastered across the second storey of a retail block, it gazes serenely over chicken shops, artisanal coffee houses, strip-lit barbershops, sourdough pizza restaurants.

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

Yii-Jen Deng reviews 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Teddy Hall.

Review: Chicago

Cecelia Wang reviews Jazz Hands Productions 'Chicago' at the Keble O'Reilly.

A theatrical Utopia?

Emily Capon explores explores the possibility of a Utopia of ‘no-where’ on the stage.

Remember, Remember Your Duty to Remember

Coral Kim explores the impact of 'Translations' and 'The Height of the Storm' on both her and society.

Review: The Mine Hatch

Tatiana Gilfillan is moved and impressed by new play 'The Mine Hatch'.

Preview: Martlets

New play commemorating forty years of women being admitted to Worcester College is full of joy, wit and sharp writing.

Review: Beard

McNelis' new musical is gripping and raises the important issue of homophobia in sport.

Interview: Calvin Klein

Sonya Ribner sits down with the celebrated designer and businessman. Photography © Alexandra Sharp | alixspics.com

Me Too and Music

TW: Sexual assault, r*pe When I was first asked to be involved with the discussion of Me Too and music, my first thought was that...

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