Friday 14th November 2025

Culture

‘Like the edge of a knife’: Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk brings his ‘Continuous Music’ to Oxford

Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk took the stage in Magdalen College Chapel and the Holywell Music Room on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November to showcase his unique style, called...

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about...

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

In every bookshop today, from Blackwell’s to Waterstones, an unmistakable pattern emerges: Greek myth...

Down the rabbit hole: illustrating ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has long proved an endless source of inspiration to illustrators....

Panic on the streets of London

Marcin Plonka risks it all to capture last Saturday's demonstration from the front line of the breakaway group

Review: Cause Celebre

Francesca Wade finds cause for celebration in this revival of Rattigan's final play

Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Taylor

Students, peers and critics remember Taylor\'s life-long contribution to Oxford theatre

Review: You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger

Jacob Williamson is underwhelmed by Woody Allen\'s latest sermon on the philosophy of life

Back in Black?

Jo Sarchet reflects on minimalism and modernity in Yohji Yamamoto\'s first major solo show in the UK

Review: The Adjustment Bureau

It's been compared to 'Inception' and 'Blade Runner', but how does George Nolfi's supernatural thriller really fare next to these greats?

Review: Theatre Uncut

Rebecca Tatlow experiences theatre at its most political

Out of Oxford

Airport life

Out of Oxford – 1. Airport life

In this new photo blog, we journey with Lauri Saksa as he escapes Oxford for the vacation

Out of Oxford – 2. Sights from my car

We travel home from the airport with Lauri Saksa and his captured curiosities

Review: Norwegian Wood

How does the film measure up to Haruki Murakami\'s best-selling novel?

Review: King Charles at The Jericho Tavern

King Charles tears up Jericho Tavern with his hippy, folky, musical escapades

Ballet: Back on point

Rebecca Tatlow investigates how Tchaikovsky\'s \'Swan Lake\' is bringing ballet back

Tim’s got the Key to success

Emily Callaghan-Sloane and Tim Key wax lyrical about poetry, politics and the Perrier award

Intelligent Design

Henrietta Landells talks to Alessandra Branca about fashion, furniture and the Romans

Review: Lemonworld (New Writing Festival)

Andrew McCormack drinks up at the New Writing Festival

Review: The Tea Party

Ben Jacobs has a whale of a time at this haunting tea party

Never Let Me Go: Responses

Two more perspectives on the cinematic interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian Britain

Interview: Glyn Maxwell

A conversation with the playwright on Troy, poetry, and how verse can make it from the stage to the pubs

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