Thursday 16th 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....
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 -
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Milestones: Deals with the Devil

Luke Barratt explores the cultural motif of selling one's soul - don't try this at home!

Identity: A question of mind, body or soul?

Emma Simpson considers what our obsession with the physical has to do with our inner lives

Preview: Surprise

Naomi Polonsky is completely absorbed by this new piece of writing

Review: Matisse the Cut-Outs

Enyuan Khong takes a tour of the Tate Modern’s new exhibition of the modernist master’s cut-outs

Beauty is truth, truth beauty

Luke Barratt considers the overwhelmingly visual nature of our cultural consumption

Top 3… Visuals

Emma Simpson examines three unusual visual perspectives

Milestones: Bill Viola

Naomi Polonsky considers the influence of visual artist Bill Viola

Where are they now: The Cheeky Girls

They’re the 00s favourite Romanian red-heads that left Louis Walsh speechless.

Review: Dolly Parton – Blue Smoke

It's the 42nd release by the country icon, but Dolly has failed to deliver.

Review: Kishi Bashi – Lighght

Adam Piascik reviews the celestial new album by violinist Kishi Bashi

Review: Amen Dunes – Love

The fourth offering from this Philadelphia based musician is reviewed by Kevin Harris

Live Review: Gang of One

Claire Poynton-Smith checked out one-man-band Gang of One at the Cape of Good Hope

Review: Pompeii

Fergus Morgan finds this 'historical' disaster epic to be shallow, undeveloped and just plain boring

Review: Blue Ruin

Matthew Main finds Saulnier's revenge thriller to be poignant and understated

All the world’s a screen

Marcus Balmer looks at how film has reinterpreted Shakespeare

Review: Tracks

A long and mesmerising push through the lonely, breath-taking spaces of Australia

Drenge: Isolation and Frustration

Rushabh Haria talks to Rory Loveless from Drenge about their recent success

Preview: Into the Woods

Naomi Polonsky is charmed by this 'fairy tale gone a bit mad'

Bluebells in Bloom

Dockey Woods, England

Preview: Collaborators

Bethan Roberts hotly anticipates the staging of this political and psychological drama
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