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...

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...

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

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

‘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.

A Beginner’s Guide to… White Denim

Thomas Athey reflects on White Denim's output

Thrift shopping: still cool in 2016?

William Shaw wonders if Macklemore and Ryan Lewis can continue to top the charts

Is this the future, the present or the past of The Strokes?

Graham Mazeine contextualises and gives his first impressions of The Strokes’ new EP

The full blankness of space

Emmanuelle Soffe discusses the misconceptions of modern art galleries and the White Cube effect

“It’s as though I’m being watched”

Cressida Peever’s mystery explores the eery blankness of receiving anonymous postcards

“Smash the shit out of it”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks to The Big Moon about their manic tour

Preview: Splendour

Georgia Reddington looks forward to what promises to be a fast-paced and tension-filled production

Review: House of Bernarda Alba

Nina Sandelson is struck by this eerie adaptation of Lorca’s classic in Cellar

Review: Common People Oxford

Oxford’s May Bank Holiday festival offering is sun-drenched and musically eclectic

Review: Everybody Wants Some!! – antiquated male stereotypes

Zach Leather considers Linklater’s latest nostalgia-soaked '80s escapade, finding it dominated by one-dimensional men in fear of emasculations

Preview: A Streetcar Named Desire

David Hills looks forward to this meticulously thought-out production

Is there hope for pop music?

William Shaw shows the value of Public Service Broadcasting

A Beginner’s Guide to… Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Sophie Jordan introduces us to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

10 songs you probably didn’t know were covers

Daniel Curtis and Richard Birch discuss the songs more famous than their predecessors

Preview: No Exit

Alex Barasch is impressed by this engaging approach to Sartre's most famous work

Preview: Colin & Katya

Mischa Andreski is blown away by a rehearsal of Jack Clover's latest play

Review: Doctor Faustus

At times disjointed but otherwise an altogether commendable production

London, books and bears: an interview with Michael Bond

“The first time I nearly died was on a Wednesday.” Michael Bond, a smiling and well-dressed 90 year old, leaned forward as he talked....

Rewind: Nigeria’s 2013 Same Sex Marriage Act

Sam Purnell assesses the political sway which surrounded the 2013 Nigerian same sex marriage ban

Review: Woyzeck

Richard Birch is impressed by a production that goes where few dare to go

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