Wednesday 27th August 2025

Culture

‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’

★★★★☆ Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful run in New York City by Emilee Lord and Karen...

Architectural and religious fusions in Andalusia and Oxford

Oxford is a city deeply entwined with religion. With the first of its colleges...

‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only...

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine,...

Becoming a metropolitan through life in slow motion

Maddison Sumner discusses her experience of moving from the town to the city

“An aspirational first performance”

Jacob Greenhouse is impressed by 'Blatavsky's Tower', the first production from newly founded company

“A little-known gem”

Thomas Player gives four stars to 'Dear Brutus', an underrated classic

Dispatches: faces and encounters in a letter from New York

Altair Brandon-Salmon reflects on finding the familiar and unexpected in a new city

In the age of franchises, are originals dead?

Calum Bradshaw questions the decline of film innovation in recent years

Interview: A.C. Grayling

John Maier in conversation with A.C. Grayling about New Atheism, analytic philosophy, and the EU

Same theme, new style in ‘Better Call Saul’

Sandy Elliot lauds 'Better Call Saul,' the brilliant 'Breaking Bad' prequel

“Sharp humour with profound philosophical underpinnings”

Giovanni Musella looks ahead at a new production of Blavatsky's Tower

The twin trends of remake-mania and sequelitis

Matthew Vautrey tackles Hollywood’s recent spate of franchise films and finds that not all nightmares are created equal

OxFilm: your script

Úna O'Sullivan gives some tips about how to get the perfect script for your student film

Irresponsible escapists and the architecture of power

Thomas Thorne considers how escapism may be a powerful force for transgression

Is travel the only way we can set ourselves free?

Alex Yeandle reflects on his experiences of travel and escapism in Slovakia

Ageing under the spotlight

Sophie Burdge condemns ageism in pop culture and our generation's obsession with beauty

Oxview: Top 5 Reboots

Felix Bunting runs through five of the best rebooted franchises

Peter Capaldi’s Doctor—interstellar success or time to regenerate?

Christopher Goring takes a spoiler-filled look back at Peter Capaldi's tenure as the Doctor as his final season in the role begins

John Cleese to speak at Oxford Union

British actor John Cleese, known for his on-screen comedy and cavalier internet presence, is to speak at the Union on 20 April.

‘Clique’: the dark side of your summer internship

Alice Robinson finds BBC3's new drama a compelling stylised watch

‘Ghost in the Shell’: A mind-numbing bore

Jonnie Barrow takes on the forgettable remake of an anime classic

“A captivating, quasi-religious experience”

Clara Dijkstra reviews the new London Grammar single, 'Truth is a Beautiful Thing'

Tate Britain celebrates the playfulness and dynamism of David Hockney

Sabrina Ruia is captivated by a retrospective look at the artist's life

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