Friday, May 30, 2025

Culture

Gregory Crewdson: How to remain relevant in the world of fine art photography

For anyone embarking on their photography journey now, the world of image creation can seem very daunting. The market is oversaturated with photographers, all creating broadly similar and anonymous...

Film photography: How I went from believer to skeptic

I’m far from the first person to point out the recent revival of analogue...

The afterlife of stories: The art and ambiguity of literary retellings

Love, betrayal, justice, jealousy: these are timeless themes, woven into the human experience for...

What books do professors of different subjects read?

In discussion of ‘the great man theory’, Professor Dominic Scott discussed his recent reading...

Spotlight: From Stage to Screen

On the screen success of stage actors

Spotlight: Eliot as playwright

On T.S. Eliot's play Murder in the Cathedral

Shakespeare al fresco

David Marchington braves the cold for this Coriolanus adaptation

Spotlight: Gender

Matt Roberts struggles with being put in a dress.

Review: Cashiered

Aurelia Vandamme is drawn into gender identity and the civil war.

Review: Phantom of the Opera

Ruari Clark is stunned by the O'Reilly's sell out show.

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

Naomi Gee talks to Nabeel Qureshi about faith

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 5

Lindsay Tocik writes about family, the fight between light and dark and flying

Is This Art? Minecraft

Naomi Gee argues the case for video games.

Review: My Brilliant Friend

Sophie Taylor revels in the sentimentality of the novelist Elena Ferrante

Harper Lee: lessons after death

Naomi Gee comments on the tapestry of human imperfection Harper Lee beautifully crafted in her work and the impact of the loss of this great writer.

Call Off The Heist?

Olivia Sung is thrilled to preview 'Triple 9', the finest heist film since 'Heat'

Culture Corner: Blake Morrison

Ben Ray looks to the coast and beyond in ‘poetry from the edge’

Britishness seen from the outside

Sasha Kasoff discusses the cultural similarities and differences between the UK and the USA

Reassessing Mr Kubrick

Daniel Kodsi re-evaluates one of the auteur's canonical films

Identity is as fluid as silk

Olivia Sung enjoys The Danish Girl’s materiality

Shia LaBoeuf is in a lift

But is it art?

Review: Yuck – Stranger Things

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is unimpressed by Yuck's latest album

Review: Kanye West — The Life of Pablo

Tom Barrie doesn't fall for Kanye's latest Tidal wave of ego

An evening of Illuminations in Iffley

Sophie Jordan watches Corona Strings take on Britten

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