Wednesday 27th May 2026

Culture

Subs, dubs, and AI flubs: Lost in film translation

How hard could it be to watch an entire film in German when I could not even introduce myself in the language? Quite hard, it turns out.

Barker & Co. Booksellers: Oxford’s newest independent bookshop

A new secondhand bookstore opened in Oxford city centre last week. Located in the Golden Cross shopping centre, just off Cornmarket Street, the bookstore stocks hundreds of secondhand books, ranging from accessibly priced paperbacks to rare and expensive antiquarian first-editions.

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ in review

The Harris Manchester Players immersed Oxford’s inhabitants in the delightful world of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest this May.

Inarticulacy in part and in whole: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ in review

When I heard that Jim Jarmusch had released a new anthology film, I fondly remembered watching Night on Earth (1991) some years ago.

Review: The Crucible

Francesca German feels the power of Arthur Miller's classic 'The Crucible' at the Pilch.

Review: The Lovely Bones

This adaptation of Alice Sebold's classic novel strikes an emotional chord at Oxford Playhouse.

Review: F*@king Hell

Political satire makes make Brexit the most interesting it has been for years in Tasha Saunders’s biting new comedy.

Review: Radiant Vermin

Something Punchy Productions' take on Philip Ridley's darkly comic satire intrigues audiences at the BT Studio.

There’s No Place Like Home

There was a time when it was essential, if you were an Oxford man, to own an oxford cloth button down shirt and leather brogues....

Review: I Was Meant to Love – Leon C

Why all new music lovers should be listening to Leon C

Review: Spector at The Bullingdon

9pm, The Bullingdon, a Tuesday evening. Those three ingredients are pretty much guaranteed either to produce an awful or a brilliant night. Thankfully for...

Review: MAGDALENE – FKA Twigs

A delve into the concept of an unmissable new album

Review: The Treasures of Recycled Sculpture

At a first glance, Reinvention ‘The Treasures of Recycled Sculpture’ was a breath of fresh air from the chaos of fast-fashion, pollution and upheaval. It demonstrated the possibilities of recycling and sustainability in the production of works of art.

Review: Uncomfortable Oxford Tour

The tour began at the Carfax tower with tales of the town-gown divide in the early days of Oxford University. A third year undergraduate led the group of students and tourists around the town centre.

Review: Hamlet

Cosmic Arts' present a deeply human production of 'Hamlet' at the Keble O'Reilly.

Dystopia in and amongst trash: Beckett’s Endgame

Beckett symbolically employs trash to reflect physical and philosophical reality of a post-apocalyptic world.

Review: Giambattista Valli x H&M

A metaphoric and literal representation of high-low fashion

Webtrash

We live in a society that values things that are quick to buy, quick to use, and quick to dispose of.

One man’s trash

The mere mention of ‘high’ and ‘low’ art can make us feel uneasy. Such distinctions are often branded as pretentious and as the work of the elitist in their desperate attempts to preserve tradition and exclude diversity within the literary canon.

Preview: The Crucible

Miller's classic sees a new lease of life in Rose on a Rail Theatre Company's new adaptation.

Review: Talking Maps

The first wall of this Weston Library exhibition focuses on Oxford, offering the visitor visions of Oxfords which could have been and those which remain in the past.

In Vogue

Vogueing is having a moment. Again. The last time saw Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue” soar to the top of the charts in America and was supposed to herald a period of greater exposure for the New York ballroom community. It didn’t.

Mr Gorbachev, Tear Down This Protest Art

Thirty years ago, the Berlin Wall came down. Any art fan should celebrate that. Not just because it represented a profound triumph for free expression against the forces of authoritarianism and censorship, but because the thing was a bloody eyesore. The grey concrete was awful enough, but then the Berliners went and covered it in sodding graffiti.

The Farewell Review

Seemingly all of us either have or yearn for an affectionate but caustically witty grandmother such as Nai Nai (Zhao Shuzhen), the endearing matriarch...

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