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‘One Night Only’ (2026) and the Death of Romance

Romance movies are, on the whole, my favourite movie genre. But good romance movies, like good romantic relationships, are hard to find, and easy to mess up. It is...

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Caught between grief and hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an...

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The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

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How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

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How a small office in Bloomsbury keeps the tradition of criticism alive

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La Bohème review – ‘Shabby and chic but not lacking in charm’

Amid the fakery of Shoreditch, Jack Hunter finds a rare thing: an age-old opera that celebrates the joy of being young

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Esther Borsi reflects on the romantic comedy classic on its anniversary

Society from a Martian perspective

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Sad and Loud, Ryan Adams Live

Thomas Athey reports on an eventful show at The Sage

Paul Foot – eccentric comedy from a Merton mathematician

Miranda K. Gleaves talks to ex-Mertonian Paul Foot, ahead of his new tour, which comes to Oxford on September 30th

The queen of artistic appropriation is crowned at the Tate Modern

Nicola Dwornik reviews a long overdue exhibition of Fahrelnissa Zeid's life and work

‘Kingsman’: The sequel’s disservice

Cinema's latest spy flick fails to charm Charles Britton

Dido, Queen of Carthage at the RSC review – ‘Daring, poignant and powerful’

The RSC's new production of the lesser-performed 'Dido, Queen of Carthage' is a phenomenal achievement, writes Katie Sayer

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery’s Steffan Lloyd-Evans interview – “most of the time I like to make people laugh”

It’s fairly early in the morning when I sit down to interview Steffan Lloyd-Evans, the star of Mischief Theatre’s The Comedy About a Bank...

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery review – ‘half the audience are in quantifiable hysterics’

Katie Sayer finds 'The Comedy About a Bank Robbery' to be a perfectly cathartic comic concoction

Coriolanus at the RSC review – ‘brutally minimalist but utterly compelling’

RSC's ultra-modern production of 'Coriolanus' balances humour with minimalist staging for a fresh new interpretation of one of Shakespeare's lesser performed plays, writes Miranda Gleaves