Wednesday 22nd April 2026

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....

‘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.

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.

Review: Poldark

Sophie Hall-Luke is seduced by Poldark's charms.

Review: Insurgent

Emmanuelle Soffe struggled to engage with the latest disposable entry in the Divergent series.

Review: Wild Tales

Toby Scadding finds this Almodóvar produced anthology a riotous examination of people pushed to the brink.

Review: Nurse

Dominic Hewett finds Paul Whitehouse's new dark comedy adept at balancing humanity and humour

Review: Seventh Son

Anthony Maskell finds Sergei Bodrov's sword-and-sorcery epic a disappointing waste of time and talent

"HOLY SH*T I’M ONLINE": art, literature and the web

Fintan Calpin discusses postinternet art and literature

Preview: Game of Thrones Season Five

Emmanuelle Soffe recaps events on the hit show, and looks ahead to what may be coming our way in the next season

Review: Mark Knopfler – Tracker

Mark Barclay is disappointed by Knopfler's good but predictable album

Review: Mommy

Sam Joyce finds Xavier Dolan's latest oedipal family drama to be a revelation.

The review club: filthy, spoiled, rotten

A look at the dark side of the Oxford drama world

6 songs to show you and your old mates still like each other

Stifle your weeping and listen to The Killers

Review: Life Itself

Anthony Maskell reviews Steve James' celebratory documentary about the life of America's most famous film critic

Hitchcock and Voyeurism

Anthony Maskell explores how the legendary director changed the way audiences watched cinema

6 Songs That Will Show Your Mum How Cool You’ve Become

Your mum's never even heard of PC Music. Let her know how uncool that is.

How not to talk to grown ups: Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Ben Cooke reviews Ian McEwan's latest novel.

Islamic State’s war on cultural heritage

Elliot Langley argues that IS's systematic destruction of ancient Assyrian culture is a form of genocide

Emo: Not a dirty word

Tom Barrie explores the revival of a genre unfairly ignored and maligned

Review: Wild

Anthony Maskell finds Wild to be a journey worth taking

Review: The Doctor In Spite of Himself

Michael Roderick reviews this Molière classic

Preview: The Doctor In Spite of Himself

Hannah Dewhirst is excited by Molière's physical comedy

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