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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.
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The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.
Culture Kelly Yu -

‘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.
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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 original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love.
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‘You’ve not read this article?’

Markus Beeken lashes out against literary snobbery

Review: The Weir

There is a certain type of absolute silence that only comes with good storytelling – it is the silence of held breath, of absolute...

A dichotomy as old as time

Rabindranath Tagore’s timeless novel The Home and the World is perhaps the most underrated work in Indian literature. Published in 1916 in the febrile...

Interview: We Are Scientists

Daniel Curtis got the lowdown on touring, synths and songwriting

OxFolk Review: ‘In The Air Or The Earth’

‘In The Air Or The Earth’, the latest release by the Askew Sisters, is less a simple listening experience than an immersive storytelling session-...

Radiohead – ‘Burn the Witch’: First impressions

Harri Adams examines Radiohead's surprise new track

Interview: The Amazons

Richard Birch talks guitars and garish tattoos with Matt Thompson

Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – like microwave moussaka

Comedies based on stereotypes are ripe for criticism, but Miriam Nemmaoui managed to see beyond this, finding her own family represented in the Portokalos’

A Beginner’s Guide to… I Said Yes

Daniel Curtis talks I Said Yes

Review: Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Ewan Flintham is entertained and impressed by this rendition of Dario Fo's political satire

In defence of pop music

Emma Leech takes aim at music prejudice and indie snobbery against the mainstream

Preview: The Weir

“Tell me a ghost story.” It only takes five small words to set the scene in this rehearsal of ‘The Weir’- a story of...

Competition: Win tickets to Common People 2016

Win tickets to Common People Festival, Oxford (28th - 29th May) via Twitter

Preview: Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Callum Luckett finds Dario Fo's farce both hilarious and relevant

The Making of Bench: contribution and collaboration

The cast and crew of Bench reflect on the collaborative process of film-making, women behind and in-front of the camera, and cinema's power over how we perceive mental health disorders

Florio: a Poet’s Dream

Benn Sheridan attends an Oxford hidden gem - a society for drunken poets and lyricists

Review: Hush – a cat and mouse fight to the death

Hush negotiates the established conventions of the home-invasion horror concerning female victimhood, writes Louise Howland

Review: Miles Ahead – this is no hagiography

Miles Ahead successfully connects the deeply flawed private man with his public persona, the greatest jazz musician of the twentieth century, writes Altair Brandon-Salmon

Rewind: Pravda

Alex Oscroft reflects on the significance of the 1912 publication of Pravda

Stop to record the moment

Ellie Duncan considers the reasons why it is such a human act to record our lives
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