Culture

"Love Island doesn’t just expose its contestants to the vitriol of the public, it actively encourages it."

The narrative of resistance and domination in relationships has been the recourse of storytellers since pre-Christian times, with the same lurid, visceral quality evident in Greek myth as in the modern trend of disturbingly violent porn. Yet these primal, animalistic tropes of female subjugation now exist in a ‘civilised’ society, whose vernacular is one of #TimesUp, sex positivity and high-street feminism.

'treads a fine line between a deeply personal memoir [...] and an academic exploration'

Genre devotion in Frank Turner's music - do musicians owe us consistency?

"Often important texts appear in humble form, and humble forms often tell us more about the humble people who made and used them." Daniel Wakelin talks to Cherwell about medieval manuscripts.

What is the process of staging a student production? We speak to the writer and director of this year's Christ Church garden play to find out.

With ruthless contempt for form, clarity, elegance, wholeness, and realism, he paints with intuitive strength of talent the most subtle visions of the soul.” So Arne...

This latest revival of the Arthur Miller classic copes well with its challenging text (and challenging accent).

Hoof and Horn Productions' take on The Witch of Edmonton heads to the BT Studio in Seventh Week

The writer of Week Seven's Hustlers at the BT discusses the concept of the hustler and diversity in theatre

"If there is one thing Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law teach about Jarmusch, it is that he does a disservice to himself every time he makes a film in technicolour"

"Following the traditional narrative arc of the coming-of-age tale, the film follows Stevie as he rides out the highs and lows of adolescence, and learns important life lessons along the way."

"Salome’s kiss is undoubtedly an extreme example, a sensual climax of an obscene kind, but musically important nonetheless, and a moment that illuminates its preceding pages of music."

A primer to the niche field of "sound art"

Naomi Wolf talks of book blunder and her ties to Oxford.

Reviewing Ottessa Moshfegh's 'My Year of Rest and Relaxation' (Jonathan Cape, 2018)

Reviewing Sayaka Murata's 'Convenience Store Woman' (Granta, 2019)

RJ Productions present an enjoyable rendition of Shakespeare’s last solo-authored play, whose strongest points lie in its subtler elements

A rom-com premise gives way to a brilliant musical at the BT, with endearing and relatable performances

An all-BAME cast and crew production, My Mother Runs in Zig-Zags powerfully explores civil war, intergenerational trauma and the diasporic experience