Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Culture

Cherubs Grow On Trees: Atmospheric student filmmaking

Making short films is hard. You have anything between two and 20 minutes to tell a compelling story. As an audience member, they can often feel unsatisfying. However, for...

Cheap cashmere in freezing February

Cashmere is a luxury fibre, warm in winter, sustainable, but you may have been...

5 top tips to stay toasty and trendy this winter

As frosty winter winds swept through Oxford at the start of term, you would...

Doubts on Banksy

What is so enticing – and infuriating – about this mystery man’s slapdash approach to political commentary?

Get Your Scream On: The best scares of 2022!

"From homicidal robotic dolls to surreal nightmare dreamscapes, there’s something here for everyone."

My Favourite Childhood Book: Anne of Green Gables

"Anne is such an iconic figure in children’s literature that I’m sure many relate to my enjoyment of her character"

Review: Thamesis

"Jones’ performance was a joy to watch, and under Aspden’s expert direction they have a highly successful show on their hands."

Review: Play House and Definitely the Bahamas 

"The problem of changing from one play to the other, without an interval or blackout, was one Lawrence dealt with very competently"

Jockstrap Live at The Bullingdon

"I’m convinced they have one true goal... to ensure that you have an obscene amount of fun"

Éric Rohmer: A French Director’s Refreshing Simplicity

"His films are not as stunning, nor impressive, as might be those of his Nouvelle Vague contemporaries, but peacefully pleasant."

Netflix’s Disappointing Monsters

"As the latest season of Stranger Things demonstrates... not all practical effects are made equal."

Ghosts and Writers

"Spare occupies a contentious space between autobiography and biography – between fiction and nonfiction."

A list of brilliant things about ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

"This performance... is likely to have made a lasting impression on every single person who has watched it."

Review: Entertaining Mr Sloane

"Brook’s production moved between playing the world for laughs and playing it real enough that the audience was left with lingering unease."

Review: Black Blood

"The most interesting elements of the play are the characters themselves, and their relationships outside the murder plot."

Review: I Will Delete This Story

"I found that I Will Delete This Story left me wishing that the titular promise had already been fulfilled."

In Conversation With Velvet

"If you haven’t heard of them, you should have."

“A fantastic story of love and liberation”: An interview with the cast and director of ‘An American In Paris’

"It’s been a process of figuring out how we can tease out those themes of love and liberation."

Luxury in Crisis

"The future looks bleak – but that’s no reason not to make the present a little less unbearable."

Sound And Vision: Better Call Saul’s Perfect Montage

"The perfect song choice is instrumental in creating the perfect montage".

Homeward: The Source, HT23 Week 1

Four pieces of creative writing – from Thisuri Perera, Ruth Port, Charlie Bowden, and Flynn Hallman – for the theme 'Homeward'.

Dead Man’s Suitcase: A Review

"At once funny and profound, Dead Man’s Suitcase is a treat for the senses."

Othello: A New Era of Shakespeare

"This production has chosen to take a step away from this preoccupation with setting and allow the play to speak for itself."

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