Culture
The Christ Church Picture Gallery: Review
The Christ Church Picture Gallery has free entry for Oxford students. It offers a chance to view one of the most impressive college art collections, with pieces spanning the 14th to 18th centuries
Men used to go to war – now they DJ
Why are so many people becoming DJs? This recent obsession has taken the world...
Matchstick Cats
Mark and Trev were surrounded on the bed of the truck by old wooden...
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
“Rich and original”: ‘Parables, Fables, Nightmares’ Review
Parables, Fables, Nightmares is the first short story collection published by Malachi McIntosh. A short traditional story collection can be likened to a gallery...
Genetics
What beauty is thereIn the anger that spills from your lips?After every kissA fightUneven groundI've become so good at telling liesThe droplets fall; I...
Why Don’t We Have Any ‘Mega Popstars’ Anymore?
This August, Billboard released an article asking the question: where have all our mega popstars from the 2000s and early 2010s gone? It was...
How to judge a book by its cover
Let’s be real. You’re in Blackwells looking for a book to read if you’re cool, and buying a mug with a world map on...
‘Oh no, the sky is falling’: This is How We Walk on the Moon Review
A full-moon shaped circle of chairs awaits the audience. We’re directed to stand in the middle of the circle and one by one, characters...
‘The Furnace of Art’ : A Review of Amadeus at the Keble O’Reilly
‘Nowadays all cats appreciate are coloratura,’ Salieri says gravely ‘like the rest of the Public’. This sums up Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (which is currently...
“The poetry of motion!”: Toad of Toad Hall Review
Toad of Toad Hall A.A Milne’s adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 beloved classic The Wind in the Willows, is a testament to throwing responsibilities...
“Immersive and interesting”, King Lear at the Wyndham Theatre
Kenneth Branagh has taken on a new project: directing and starring in the Shakespearean classic ‘King Lear’ this winter at the Wyndham Theatre in...
“Slightly out of joint”: Hamlet Review
That Isaac Asimov’s retelling of a bemused reader’s response to Hamlet – ‘I don’t see why people admire that play so. It is nothing...
Drowning in You
Read the latest from The Source on the theme of relationships, 'Drowning in You'!
I feel like I’m drowning as I struggle with your embraceI...
Noah Kahan: Music Sensation or One-Album Wonder?
I know very little about music. A vast amount of my Spotify wrapped includes Taylor Swift (about whom I know a lot), and what...
Feminist Samurai in Netflix’s new “Anime”?: Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Review
This review contains spoilers and mentions of sexual violence.
What would society look like if three-quarters of the male population disappeared? Ōoku: The Inner Chambers...
Feel Good Films — British 1950s Comedies
When I'm shattered after a long essay, or brooding over the state of the world, or merely wanting to enjoy a pleasant few hours,...
MARCO SOLO: Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University
Although unnoticed by many students and tutors alike, a revolutionary new service by the name of MARCO was unveiled last week, taking the archivist...
