Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Culture

OUFF’s ‘The Oxford Tales’: Celebrating student filmmaking at Oxford

It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.

Behind the red curtain: ‘Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse’ reviewed

Leo Jones reviews Crazy Child Productions' performance of 'Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse', the first English staging of the play.

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Near the riverside, a girl with walnut hair sat with her back to the...

Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.

Review: Kvetch

Hard-hitting, brilliant and very, very, very funny

Live Review: Palma Violets

Palma Violets are too heavy on sweat and too light on passion for Helen Thomas

Balloon breasts and whoopee cushions with Ellen Page

Director Ellen Page offers her insight into KVETCH, a play 'dedicated to the afraid'

Interview: Roddy Doyle

James Tozer talks to Roddy Doyle about middle-age, teaching, and Fernando Torres

Review: Trains and Lovers

Laura-Beth Shanahan finds McCall Smith's stories 'comforting as hot chocolate'

Preview: Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down

An intimate depiction of domestic violence at the TSK

A Grimm Birthday

As the 200th anniversary year of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder und HausmÓ“rchen' draws to a close, Enyuan Khong reflects on the fairy tales' significance

Review: Pericles

A riotous, genuinely fun night of theatre

Preview: Endgame

A look at Oxford's latest Beckett offering

Review: The Material

Hannah Barton enjoys The Edgar Wind Society's first exhibition

Interview: Conn Iggulden

James Tozer talks to the author of The Dangerous Book for Boys

The Price of the Pre-Raphaelites

Mimi Goodall isn't sure if Aidan Meller's new gallery is in keeping with the movement's ideals

Preview: Hercules

Tomos Watkins admires the Herculean effort of Oxford Opera

Interview: Melvyn Bragg

Holly Whiston talks to the veteran broadcaster

Letter from Paris

Theo sends us a letter about her year abroad in Paris

Review: Jake Bugg- Shangri La

Something's really Bugging Jack Chown

Things Done Changed: the rise of gay rap

Matt Broomfield looks at new directions for LGBTQ hip-hop in 2013

Preview: Cyrano de Bergerac

A fresh and captivating production of Antony Burgess' translation of the classic French tale

Preview: Pericles

A combination of imagination and enthusiasm render this ambitious undertaking enjoyable and impressive

Preview: Ruddigore

A warm and funny show complete with talented cast to get you in the mood for Christmas

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