Saturday 27th June 2026

Culture

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

‘The Moro Affair’: Astonishingly original, but not quite a story

The acting in 'The Moro Affair' was superb across the board, with Harriet Wilson’s Pope as a standout, and Rosie Sutton’s direction was flawless.

‘Music can be everything’: Aurora Orchestra’s Jane Mitchell on the narratives around classical music

The Aurora Orchestra, who are playing at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre on the 19th June, are best known for performing their orchestral repertoire from memory.

The ‘Obsession’ Obsession

'Obsession' is a taste of what the next generation of filmmakers looks like.

Film Wars: Big Screen/ Little Screen

Is TV a vacuous void? Is film the real art form?

Reviews: The Happiest Girl in the World & The Girl on the Train

Abhishek Bhattacharyya compares the latest forein language film releases

Review: The Brothers Bloom

A quirky, genre-busting film

First Night Review: Closet Land

Jenni Cutting discovers the BT ain't no Narnia this week

My, Fair Play!-dy

Andrew McCormack can't say fairer than that, with the Queen's Garden Play

Photo Blog – 6th Week

It's already 6th Week, here's what it looks like*

What Makes A Classic: Magnolia

Beau Woodbury on Paul Thomas Anderson's modern masterpiece

A funny type of attraction

Rafaella Marcus on why even the most unfortunate -looking of comics can send the girls swooning

Review: Iris Murdoch, a writer at war

Helena Bennett finds that students haven’t changed much in 70 years - but the world around them has

Review: Closet Land

What happens when Enid Blyton meets Orwell's Big Brother?

Review: Rent

Andrew McCormack catches up with the first instalment of this month's rent.

Remainders of a revolution

The Time that Remains: Quietly thought-provoking. Sometimes a little too quiet.

The magic motion man

Jane-Marie Saldanha speaks with Adam Elliot, independent animator extraordinaire

The college dropouts

Alex Dudok de Wit talks to Foals keyboardist and Oxford abscondee Edwin Congreave

First Night Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Will Granger thinks there's plenty to say about this something.

First Night Review: No Exit

Max Marenbon checks in, and checks out Sartre's classic at the Frewin Undercroft

Online Review – Fourtissimo

A new comedy of modern manhood hits the BT next week. Will it stick?

Online Review – Dangerous Liaisons

Ice-cold trysting at Trinity in a superb garden play

A Lovely Labour, Well Found

Andrew McCormack picnics with Shakespeare and St. John's Mummers

‘5th WEEK’ – Cherwell’s famous Photo Blog

Beat those blues with brilliant photography from around Oxford

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