Monday 27th April 2026

Culture

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of the spring equinox. This year, it falls on the 20th of March. For Oxonians, spring...
Books Elizabeth Bourn -

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably...
Culture Emma Heagney -

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...
Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.
Culture Hattie Simpson -
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Emotional electronica

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by the humanity in James Blake’s live show, as, for once, the musician/producer emerges from behind his laptop

Review: The Sellout by Paul Beatty

Benjamin Davies approves of the Booker winner with reservations

Review: Queer Cabaret

Nina Crisp enjoys a night which showcases a variety of queer talent—and all in support of a good cause

Home Front: voices left behind

Katie Mennis interviews Isabel Palmer about her collaborative collection

Steven Moffat: A talk at the Oxford Union

"I am rubbish." This was the opening statement of Steven Moffat's talk at the Oxford Union on Monday, and it's an assessment most of...

Planet Earth: Ten Years On

 Paris Jaggers “Today, much has changed.” So says David Attenborough in the opening scene of the BBC’s new sequel to Planet Earth, which first aired...

Review: Doctor Strange

Jonnie Barrow thinks Marvel finally add power to its punch with their latest release

Preview: The Roaring Girl

Alice Robinson is looking forward to an evening of good old-fashioned girl power

W.H. Auden’s return to Christ Church

In the sixth instalment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis follows in the footsteps of W.H. Auden

Review: Albert Herring

Bessie Yuill is dazzled by this quintessential Britten in St Peter's chapel

Art review: Unreported Worlds

Ellie Siora is confronted by the familiar in the foreign while questioning what it means to be ‘exotic’ at John’s exhibition

Rewind: Disney’s Fantasia

Bessie Yuill reminds us of the fantastical history of Fantasia

Grappling with graffiti

Jorge López Llorente loses himself in the visual trickery of art and graffiti

Richard Burton’s well trodden boards

In the latest installment of Through the Looking Glass, Daniel Curtis investigates the past of the Burton Taylor Studio

Conjuring some museum magic

Altair Brandon-Salmon is astounded by the Ashmolean’s Islam exhibition, Power and Protection

Review: It Felt Empty

Amaris Proctor is impressed by this immersive and thought-provoking explanation of the human effects of sex trafficking—a four star production

Preview: It Felt Empty

Miriam Nemmaoui looks forward to a hard-hitting and sensitive production

Live review: The Lovely Eggs, Cellar

Ellen Peirson-Hagger looks under the shell of The Lovely Eggs

Getting it right: political commentary and rap

David Lawton highlights the political potential of rap, and consigns folk and punk to the dustbin of history

A dark trend in music documentaries

David Lawton argues that the rebirth of the tortured artist’s image in music documentaries exploits pain
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