Culture
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
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 why. Whilst we may not...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
‘In this world but not of it’
A look back over the uncompromising career of the late J.D. Salinger
Auschwitz-Birkenau-Bambi
A review of Miroslav Balka's 'Topography'
Review: Our Country’s Good
Meta theatre and good bad acting make this a production worth seeing
Writers on Track: NWF
The Producer of the New Writing Fesitval lets us know how it's all going
Review: One Life Stand by Hot Chip
A four-star fourth offering
Review: Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Album of the decade (so far).
Interview: Dev Heynes
The Lightspeed Champion talks Test Icicles with Cherwell
First Night Review: Equus
A strong, creepy performance, and marks to the audience too
Performance Review: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
Every minute of this one and a half hour play was worth watching
First night review: Rhinoceros
Will you join the herd? asks Robert Holtom
Review: Youth in Revolt
Not your average teen movie
Emma Johnson and Pascal Rogé
Our new classical music reviewer attends an impressive concert at the Sheldonian Theatre, 30th January
Heavenly Features
Nicolas Pierce evaluates cinema's after-death experiences
Online review: A Prophet
Beau Woodbury says the future's uncertain for this acclaimed drama