Culture
Freida Toranzo Jaeger’s Prophetic Glitter
Freida Toranzo Jaeger names her paintings like items in a manifesto: Extinction is the price we pay for our existence (2023), Open your heart because everything will change (2023),...
Sunak’s Samba with the fashion industry
In Rishi Sunak’s recent Downing Street Interview, his words and promises were certainly not...
Nailed it! The evolution of nail art at our fingertips.
Nail art has truly taken the world by storm. With over 233 million people...
Rags to riches: unravelling the stitched up class divide in fashion
Fashion trends come and go as quickly as the seasons change, but is the...
Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits review: Self-Portrait of a Stranger
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
Freida Toranzo Jaeger’s Prophetic Glitter
Freida Toranzo Jaeger names her paintings like items in a manifesto: Extinction is the price we pay for our existence (2023), Open your heart...
Sunak’s Samba with the fashion industry
In Rishi Sunak’s recent Downing Street Interview, his words and promises were certainly not the star of the show. Showing off his Adidas Sambas,...
Nailed it! The evolution of nail art at our fingertips.
Nail art has truly taken the world by storm. With over 233 million people sharing their designs with #nails on Instagram, it is clear...
Rags to riches: unravelling the stitched up class divide in fashion
Fashion trends come and go as quickly as the seasons change, but is the UK class system still entrenched by these shifts in style?...
Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits review: Self-Portrait of a Stranger
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach and the creation of his portraits in the 1950s and...
The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue
'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'
Mistakes and Markers of Time
"It's very easy to criticise and cringe at old pictures of yourself, wondering how your mum ever let you leave the house in your most treasured white ripped ‘joni jeans’"
The Oxford Fashion Gala is Back!
"After an incredible sold-out 2023 show, The Oxford Fashion Gala is back for 2024, so get the date in your diary (W3 TT24!)"
The Holy Trinity of women’s leg wear this summer
"In a moment of divine inspiration, I googled this years predicted fashion trends before I hit the January sales, in the hope that this year my outfits might be both cheap and trendy."
Poor Things – Fashion Deconstructed
"Disturbing and spirited, Poor Things unconventional story is truly supported by equally unconventional but meaningful designs."
Crafting Kingship: Hellenistic Royal Portraiture
"A standardised visual vocabulary of royal ideology represented by statues and coinage"
The Modern Corset
"Corsets boast a captivating history spanning centuries, originally worn to sculpt the female silhouette."
Saltburn: a Mid-Noughties Fashion Revival
"It seems necessary to dissect Fennell’s portrayal of noughties trends to see what deserves to return, and what ought to be left in the past."
Remembering Oxford: Memorialising “The City of Dreaming Spires”
"As I exit the library, it strikes me that in its memorials of people long deceased and its unchanging historical landscape, Oxford seems often at a standstill."
