Sunday, June 1, 2025

Culture

Gregory Crewdson: How to remain relevant in the world of fine art photography

For anyone embarking on their photography journey now, the world of image creation can seem very daunting. The market is oversaturated with photographers, all creating broadly similar and anonymous...
Art Richard Kuehl -

Film photography: How I went from believer to sceptic

I’m far from the first person to point out the recent revival of analogue...
Art Richard Kuehl -

The afterlife of stories: The art and ambiguity of literary retellings

Love, betrayal, justice, jealousy: these are timeless themes, woven into the human experience for...
Books Saskia Maini -

What books do professors of different subjects read?

In discussion of ‘the great man theory’, Professor Dominic Scott discussed his recent reading...
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Getting Ziggy with it

In his new book about Ziggy Stardust, Simon Goddard wants his pop geniuses to be aliens...

Preview: The Wind in the Willows

This garden play will be performed in the St. Peter's Gardens and promises to be a roaring success

Americanisms: I could most definitely care less

Marc Pacitti rebuffs British concerns about the dangers of Americanization

Interview: Michael Morpurgo

Anna Leszkiewicz talks to Michael Morpurgo about his hope for a world without walls

Spotlight On… Some Funny

Helen Reid interviews the cast of Oxford's newest sketch show, on how they plan on providing at least Some Funny to audiences in 5th week.

Review: Ashurbanipal

Alex Wilson was shaken but entertained by the lyricism and expressive choreography of this piece of new writing

Perfect Punting Playlist

Cherwell Music go for a punt and give you some perfect tunes...

Preview: An Inspector Calls

Samuel Graydon previews An Inspector Calls, the Trinity term play from St Hilda's Drama Society, showing on Friday and Saturday of 4th week.

The Office: A Retrospective

Ten years on, Tom Goulding holds a series of interviews with the cast of the award-winning sitcom

Review: Lead Feathers

An ambitious but mature production from the writers of Bluebeard

Review: The Comic Mysteries

Camilla Rees gives three stars to this production of the Comic Mysteries.

Review: The Winterling

Pascal Crowe gives five stars to the first Rough Hewn production of the term, The Winterling by Jez Butterworth.

Review: The Audience

Review of The Audience, a new West End play by Peter Morgan, about relations between the Queen and Prime Ministers of recent years.

Review: Savages – Silence Yourself

Derick J Patterson is blown away by this punk debut

Review: The Great Gatsby OST

Andrew McLean believes in the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us

Interview: Jamie N Commons

Jack Chown talks Songs, the Stones and Stylists with bluesman Jamie N Commons

The Top 12 – 4th Week

Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of 4th week

Review: The Politician’s Husband

Tom Beardsworth enjoys the drama and duplicity of The Politician's Husband — but it doesn't beat Borgen

Interview: Kirsty Wark

Sophie Hall-Luke speaks to the Newsnight presenter about her illustrious career in journalism

Review: Iron Man 3

Is the franchise getting a bit rusty, or does this sequel prove its mettle?
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