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The Oxford art calendar: Hilary 2026

Oxford’s frosty Hilary term is best spent looking at new exhibitions. This art calendar will guide you through some of the upcoming highlights.

Art Maxim Vorobev -

‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

In a small, black-painted room on the top floor of a pub in Islington, known as The Hope Theatre, Madame La Mort was staged for the public for the first time.

Culture Beatrix Arnold -

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize

This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.

Books Charlie Bailey -

In defence of the theatrical release

If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.

Culture Nora Miles -

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Predicting the most unpredictable Oscars ceremony in years

The 90th Academy Awards features an incredible list of nominees, which makes it nearly impossible to argue what should or will win...

Judge representative films on merit not just diversity

The films of women and POC must be judged meritocratically and not just for their representation

Jubilee review – ‘Funny, self-referential, and visually exciting’

Bertie Harrison-Broninski finds this adaptation of Derek Jarman's original film is a show one that he might be proud of

Ishtar preview -‘Nothing if not entrancing’

An excellently engaging gloss of an intriguing archaic myth

Crocodile preview – ‘This is going to be properly funny’

Nitrous Cow look set to provide a rip-roaring comedy follow-up to their sold out debut 'Lovesong' last term

Protest as performance – Suffragettes take the limelight

Breaking the Fifth Wall festival kickstarts with an illuminating talk

I, Tonya sorely misjudges portraying a serious subject

The Oscar-nominated black comedy pokes fun at a subject which is no laughing matter

How Oxford culture is dominated by the most privileged

The issue is not a simple matter of discrimination but long term deficiencies in cultural upbringing in less privileged students

Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson’s finest film yet

Daniel Day-Lewis' cinematic swan song as a 1950's fashion designer is simply stunning

#Ending the Silence review – ‘there is nothing quite like it’

Joel Stanley reccomends a captivating performance and an unmissable experience

Down with my Demons review – ‘tensions rise as secrets spill’

A talented cast bring this immersive and exciting piece of new writing to the stage

In Conversation with the Team Behind #Ending the Silence

John Livesey talks to Euton Daley and Amantha Edmead about their latest show at the Old Firestation

The vintage sound of The Vaccines

As they prepare to drop their fourth album, indie-rock sensation The Vaccines tell Susannah Goldsbrough what it's like to be old fashioned rockers in a post-punk world.

Hedda review – ‘stubbornly disturbing and nuanced’

The most anticipated-show of Hilary term lands with both style and substance

Self-publishing can counter literary elitism

Self-publishing is not a new phenomenon in the literary world; authors ranging from Marcel Proust to Beatrix Potter self-published books that are now integral...

The C-Bomb review – ‘the perfect antidote for those mid-term blues’

Delphine Chalmers is charmed by this self-assured, intelligent, and funny piece of student writing

“There is always more that can be done”

Oxford is still some way from addressing its mental health problem, writes Abby Ridsdill-Smith

Iraq is not a twentieth century Crusade

Oxford historian Christopher Tyerman delivers a polemic speech against rhetorical comparisons between the war on terror and the crusades

The Shape of Water – an odd romance makes perfect sense

Jonnie Barrow finds many parallels to modern issues despite The Shape of Water's period setting

Withnail and I was a buddy comedy unlike any other

An old cult film showing in Cowley proves to be more sadly relevant to the student experience than expected

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The Oxford art calendar: Hilary 2026

‘Beautifully we may rot’: ‘Madame La Mort’ in review

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize

In defence of the theatrical release

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