Saturday 25th April 2026

Culture

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 not. At the time, I thought that the chaotic lives of the characters were what...

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.

‘People are so hungry to create together’: Lisa Ko on going analogue, crafting, and writing the future

It’s 11:02am in New York when Lisa Ko appears on the video call. In Oxford, the sun is almost down.

Milestones: silicon implants and modern beauty

This week, Sam Joyce discusses Esmeralda the Dog’s pioneering silicon implants and the implications for modern conceptions of beauty

Mean girls and scream queens

Toby Scadding is spellbound by Fox's irreverent slasher send-up

The Smyths fall hard on this humdrum town

The greatest Smiths tribute band of them all returns once more to Oxford. Bryony Harris interviews Graham (aka Morrissey) about their 'Meat is Murder' tour

Top Four Hidden 80s Gems

Andrew Dickinson tells you what you've been missing.

Roots Of: The ChicagOx House Scene

Tom Waterhouse gives a history lesson on Bloody Knuckles.

Review: CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye

Tom Waterhouse finds nothing particularly praiseworthy in the latest from CHVRCHES.

Review: Lana Del Rey – Honeymoon

Bryony Harris remains in her Honeymoon phase with the 'soft grunge goddess'

At crossed purposes

Ben Cooke declares ITV's new exorcism drama a biblical waste of time

Oxford cinemagoing: a primer

Toby Scadding weighs the options for your next cinema visit

The hottest summer you never even had

Fintan Calpin takes a look back at the nostalgic comedy of 2001 cult film Wet Hot American Summer

Milestones: Psychocandy

This week, Sam Joyce discusses The Jesus and Mary Chain’s seminal album Psychocandy, which birthed the Shoegaze scene

Shutter speeds and the passage of time

Sam Joyce goes in search of the past and the self in the works of several famous photographers

Drama needs video

Henner Petin writes the most exciting article you will ever watch

Remembrance of theatre past

Mark Barclay wistfully recalls the idealism of freshers’ week

‘End of the road’? Hopefully not.

Zoe Hare champions the growing independent festival

Review: Halsey – Badlands

'moving in the sense that your eyes will roll right out of your head'

Review: Inside Out

Frankie Shama on Pixar's resounding comeback film

Airbrushing our art and architecture

Emmanuelle Soffe on the damaging effects of laser cleaning ancient buildings

Electronic vs. Paper – A Real Page Turner

Ben Ray on the great debate

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