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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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In defence of non-fiction literature

Daniel Villar thinks the Nobel Prize committee has neglected non-fiction

Cherwell Film School: Writing a Screenplay

Cherwell Film School elucidates the art of screenplay writing.

Cherwell Film School: Eight Key Film-making Roles

Cherwell Film School tells you about the core team required to start your film-making dreams.

Live review: Ward Thomas at the O2 Academy

Coming onto the stage with an undeniably acoustic sound, Ward Thomas feel strangely out of place with the Bullingdon’s notorious grimy vibe. Somewhere behind...

Brideshead, revisited: Oxford then and now

Altair Brandon-Salmon compares Charles Ryder’s day with our own

Backstage with Claudia Graham

Sapphire Shoferpoor talks to Claudia Graham about production, funding, and reining in directors

A treasure trove of unrequited love

Unrequited love has become something of a hobby. I say ‘love’ for ease and aesthetics— ‘infatuations borne out of lust, boredom and having read...

Review: The River

Nina Sandelson is entranced by new writing examining obsession and trout fishing

America’s poet laureate: Bob Dylan

Phylis Stein on the sublime lyrics that make Dylan a Nobel Prize winner

Backstage dialogue with Sarah Wright

Sapphire Shoferpoor talks directing, writing, and time management with third year linguist Sarah Wright

Fiction: “Alone it is far harder to imagine”

Alexandra Illingworth explores the poignancy of growing up with a fraught sibling relationship

Oh, Albarn, stop playing with me!

Daniel Curtis just can’t wait for the new Gorillaz album

OxFolk Reviews: ‘Cycle’

If I’m being honest, Lady Maisery’s new album ‘Cycle’ came as a surprise to me not because of it’s accomplishment and beauty, but because...

All wound up by a Clockwork Orange

It is always a challenge to adapt a novel’s narrative to the stage. Even more so, when the novel is a dystopia like A...

Review: Anything Goes

This latest production of Anything Goes offers audiences a highly polished sail on the SS American, replete with camp-as-can-be sailors brandishing mops and tap...

Rewind: Winnie-the-Pooh’s 90th birthday

On its 90th anniversary, Ellie Duncan ponders the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh

Barbie: Mind over Mattel?

Olivia Retter writes of the bold female aspirations behind her childhood Barbie

Spotlight: the Edinburgh Fringe

The first thing that strikes you when you get off the train is Edinburgh as a city; this bizarrely layered and ancient city of...

The Cursed Child: ultimate fan fiction?

To get this out of the way: yes, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is not only like a piece of fanfiction, but aims...

OxFolk Reviews: ‘Bird’s Nest’

It isn’t often that you come across instrumental music that is so beautiful that each track feels like brushstrokes in a piece of artwork....
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