Tag: culture

The people called for a shot of espresso and Sabrina Carpenter answered. 

Spilling out of the gates of the Sheldonian Theatre and onto Broad Street, the lengthy queue for a public reading of Franz Kafka’s The...

If he was trying to build tension then Jamie Lloyd does it well, because I couldn't wait for the play to start. By the time I found my seat I was practically shaking with excitement (and a slight twinge of fear for what was in store). 

The original title I had for this article was ‘Retired from Sad, New Business in Camp’. This was weeks before the actual concert itself, where...

Within the last year there have been countless new books on George Orwell, but Oliver Lewis’s The Orwell Tour, just released in paperback, is...

Since the rise of hip-hop in the 1990s, diss tracks (short for disrespect or disparage) have been a staple of the genre. These tracks...

It was, then, a testament to this commitment that the performance was as good as it was. The production was a hilarious modern take on Shakespeare’s comedy, with several scenes updated, modified, or introduced entirely for this play.

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...

My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering...

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

How do you even begin to show a relative or friend around Oxford? In Michaelmas, a friend studying in London came to visit. She...

"Based on the Modern Art Oxford posters, Monica Sjöö’s activism appeared to be a driving force for social change."

"I believe that music makes a lot of things in life better. Fifth week at Oxford is no exception."

"A standardised visual vocabulary of royal ideology represented by statues and coinage"