Culture

Kooky and self-assured: ‘Brew Hill’ in review

Pecadillo Productions’ latest show is (quite rightly) aiming for Fringe, but this kooky, self-assured tragicomedy has immediate cult classic potential.

Culture Abigail Lakeland -

Art is an argument, so argue back

Often, how much we like artwork comes down to ‘vibes’, initial gut-reactions we make, and then quickly negate by stating that surely it's all about taste.

Art Maxim Vorobev -

Red soles, red flags: Jaden Smith and the celebrity takeover of high fashion

Smith’s appointment has raised some serious questions about the extent to which nepotism and celebrity is superseding artistic talent in the fashion industry at present.

Culture Victoria Corfield -

The ‘Silent’ Film

Not speaking does not necessarily mean having nothing to say. As much can be said with an image, movement, or glance as with a word.

Culture Willow Jopp -

Review: Go Back for Murder

Agatha Christie gets a stage makeover in this four-star offering

Review: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Remember Heath Ledger by forgetting this film.

Review: Turner and the Masters

Our Exhibitions Editor follows Turner from obscurity to celebrity.

Review: Pop Life

Explore four decades Pop Art at the Tate this winter

Talking Straight, No Chaser

Mr. Hudson muses with Katy Bradfield about his days in Oxford and gigging in libraries

Review: Some Voices

The company behind last term's 'Much Ado' return with an ambitious play about schizophrenia

Review: Madness of George III

Alan Bennet's comedy receives fair treatment by Cudmore and co.

Interview: The Proclaimers

...on their latest album, playing live, and Scottish independence

Bat for Lashes at the Academy

Hannah Partos finds the wizardly trio on spectacular form.

Method or Madness?

Anna Hextall follows the most extreme cases of method acting on stage and in film

New Testament to an Old Star

Orlando Bird finds jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett in triumphant form on his return to London

Editors – In This Light and On This Evening

A hit-and-miss venture into the world of retro-electronica from the Birmingham four-piece

La Vie en Rouge

Clement Knox traces Jacques Mesrines' final bloody years

Think Pink

We speak to the next big thing, the Big Pink, who are playing the OX4 Festival in Cowley on Saturday of 0th week

Review: Away We Go

A reflective take on modern American life

Making An Entrance

A whistlestop tour of Oxford's drama scene

Doubt Thou The Stars

The pros and cons of celebrity endorsed theatre

Review: Kings of Leon at Leeds Festival

Rebecca Treece watches the Tennesse four take to the stage

Review:The Wasp Factory

Ian Banks' unsavoury delight.

Musical Expeditions: Bluegrass in Upstate New York

Hitchhiking deep into the Adirondack Mountains, Evelyn Richardson becomes one of the family in the cosy American world of bluegrass

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