Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘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.

Culture Hattie Simpson -

‘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.

Books Abigail Lakeland -

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Game of Thrones cares more about boners than storytelling

Sam Joyce would rather Game of Thrones dial back on the exploitative nudity, thank you very much

Review: Force Majeure

Sam Joyce gets swept up in the terrifying rhythms of this Swedish dark family comedy

Review: Oxford Revue

This is not intentionally meta

Review: His Dark Materials, Part 2

Hannah Congdon delights in the innovating staging of this fantastical production

Review: Play and That Time

Evie Ioaniddi is impressed by this accomplished rendering of difficult material

The First Lesbian Fictions

Emily Dixon discusses the works of Radclyffe Hall

Monumental Art: Francisco Goya

Phyllis Stein discusses the Spanish Romantic Painter

Professor of Poetry: Time for a Change?

Lily McIlwain on how the current election has cast light on the state of poetry in Oxford and beyond

Preview: Schola Cantorum’s – One Foot in Eden

George Dennis recommends a trip to this Oxford choir's upcoming concert

Top 5 Songs to listen to while playing croquet

Rachael Griffith crafts your ideal croquet soundtrack

Live Review: Years & Years

Sam Joyce is stuck on the fence after their performance at the O2

Review: Jason Derulo – Everything is 4

Rachael Griffith is not surprised by the mediocrity of Derulo's new album

Review: DJ Antoine – I Woke Up Like This

George Dennis couldn't be happier with the new single from the Swiss DJ

In Defence of: Celebrity

Anthony Maskell finds Woody Allen's Celebrity to be a startlingly poignant satire

Letterman: The last of his kind

Ollie Johnson celebrates David Letterman's enduring talk-show legacy

The New old Greek Tragedies

Henner Petin makes a plea for the fantastic David Raeburn

Review: Elephants

Omar Hameed was enthralled by this escapist piece of original writing

Preview: Play and That Time

Patrick Oisin Mulholland is blown away by Beckett

Review: Girlhood

A powerfully intimate coming-of-age film. (And nothing to do with Boyhood)

Experimental Theatre Club

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