The University must take a look at itself before dishing out trashing fines
While climate change is at the top of the University's agenda in research and development, the University seems to have little qualms about accepting funds from the world's mega polluters.
Tales from the Archives: the Secret History of Oxford Punting
Mary Ellen Elin, a student of Lady Margaret Hall and a committed suffragist, leapt in front of the Christchurch boat, wrapped in a banner reading “DEEDS NOT WORDS”.
Party to privilege, and privileged to party: College balls and socioeconomic exclusion
"Balls are a manifestation of the hierarchical independent school culture that persists in Oxford."
Beyond the Etonians: Simon Kuper’s Chums in today’s Oxford
"If the structure of undergraduate life then had such adverse outcomes and is so worthy of condemnation – and the structure fundamentally hasn’t changed – what does that imply for Oxford now?"
Let’s get physical: Review – Holding
Neily Raymond reviews Holding, Kristy Miles' new play at the Burton Taylor Studio.
Preserved in blue and white: Sarah Cooper
"The idea of writing a column about a breakfast condiment may seem fanciful, but this particular marmalade does have a genuine place in British culture."
Bumps, Blades, Boating: Summer Eights explained
Much celebrated by the rowing community, it can be more than confusing for others so here is our rundown of everything you need to know ahead of Summer Eights 2022!
In conversation with the creatives behind Top Girls
"Every play Caryl Churchill writes has revolutionised theatre."
Performing the unperformable – Preview: Carrie
Founding Fellas Productions have made an interesting choice in staging Carrie: The Musical at the Oxford Playhouse, which I watched in a dress rehearsal earlier this week. With its catastrophic production history (a book of Broadway failures is named after it), the musical is famously one of the biggest flops in theatre history.
Annual Town and Gown run takes place in Oxford
About 5,000 runners took part in the 40th annual Town and Gown 10k run through the streets of Oxford on the morning of Sunday,...
Oxford campus appears in Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal
Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal, which premiered on 15 April 2022, was partly filmed in Oxford.
A green scream machine at Queen’s – Review: Little Shop of Horrors
Queen’s College needed a sassy, singing carnivorous plant. In drag.
“Hide the babies” – Review: Girls and Dolls
There’s been a recent uptick in global awareness of the history of Northern Ireland. We can trace it back, roughly, to 2018. That’s when Lisa McGee’s hit TV series Derry Girls, which chronicles the tribulations of growing up in Derry during the Troubles, arrived on screens worldwide; and just like that, Northern Ireland became the object of cultural fascination.
Oxford isn’t designed to change
"Oxford is doing what it is designed to do: reconstruct and renew Britain’s elite first, act as an educational institution second."
