Culture
Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’
I walked into the Wyndham Theatre’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill half-expecting a night at the London Theatre like any other. Beer in hand,...
Film around the world – Turkey’s Atıf Yılmaz
Atıf Yılmaz was a Turkish film director. Until his death in 2006, he was...
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...
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...
Decline and fall: How They Broke Britain by James O’Brien – review
"Today, in the wake of Brexit, Britain is once again broken – so argues commentator James O’Brien in his new book, How They Broke Britain."
Is art a form of political propaganda?
Art has been employed throughout history as a political tool to propagate ideas of power and ideology and challenge them. However, art is a...
Innovating Euripides: Medea Opening Night Review
The Oxford Greek Play is a bizarre tradition: an undergraduate foray into Greek tragedy which first occurred in 1880 and has continued triennially ever...
The sweet sticky story of you.
Read the latest from The Source!Content warning: addiction
That sticky sweet smell lingers in the air, flickering and dissipating again and again, a smoke cloud...
Happiness, My Passenger
Read the latest from The Source on the theme of Mind.
I walk through the woods and I realise it once again. I realise that...
Cabernet
Read the latest from The Source on the theme of relationships!
He likes red wine. Gets a bottle of it when he goes out to...
Yevonde: The woman who revolutionised colour photography
“Portrait photography without women would be a sorry business.” (Yevonde Middleton, 1921)
I walked into the Yevonde: Life and Colour exhibition at the National Portrait...
Fragile Love
Read the latest from The Source on the theme of identities. Content warning: self-harm, homophobia.
She was 15 years old,With empty eyes of sorrow and...
“An ambitious testament to Epic theatre”: Angels in America Review
Angels in America: Milennium Approaches is a big show. Indeed, a play with a three-hour runtime and a Pulitzer Prize can really be nothing...
“Surprising, and slightly macabre”: Sampi at the Burton Taylor
A play about friendship, breakdowns, a chicken sandwich, existential questioning and a nosebleed, Sampi at the Burton Taylor Studio is a piece of new...
Angels in America Interview: “Incredibly Challenging”
Kiaya Phillips in conversation with Andrew Raynes (director) and Will Shackleton (who plays Louis) of Happier Year Productions' version of Tony Kushner's award-winning play,...
An Introduction to Oxford Drama
The drama scene at Oxford is vibrant and thriving - in fact, the Oxford University Dramatic Society (or OUDS as everyone calls it) is...
