Tuesday 12th May 2026

Culture

May Morning

Smudged mascara and the curling of coffee steam. Small yawns and the shuffling of boots. Tangled hair plaited by the same girl from first-year, a crumbly pastry shared with...
Culture Elizabeth Bourn -

Sunday

That Sunday could arrive first-class, Wrapped in tissue and stickers with minimalist logo. Sent anonymously (from...
The Source Rory Maguire -

Hail Agnes full of grace: ‘Hamnet’ and the perfect mother figure

A couple of days ago, I saw an Instagram reel (in the Friends tab,...
Film Ruya Oral -

Stubborn, devout, doomed: ‘The Anti-gone’ reviewed

When The Anti-gone begins, the only thing onstage is a lectern – stark in the harsh white light and terribly lonely – before Ismene (Kitty Brown) walks uncertainly down the aisle and stares, torn and lost, into the audience.
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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

Live Review: HANDY at New College Cloisters

Maria Fred Perevedentseva reviews an intimate, experimental performance from the HANDY music project, exploring how we engage with live music

Interview: Waiting for Godot director Alex Foster

Jordan Reed talks to Alex Foster, director of Waiting for Godot, on at the Burton Taylor Studio in 2nd week

Preview: Lord of the Flies

Vicky Holley is excited about this upcoming literary adaptation

Review: Mad Men

Matthew Main finds the first two episodes a promising start to this final series
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