Culture

Representations of violence and torture used to be an integral part of enforcing the social order - but in a world of uncensored live streams and graphic media content, has our attitude to atrocity really progressed - or does it remain an unacknowledged dark obsession of mankind?

In the cosy nook of an Oxford hostelry is where Georgie Botham and Joe Davies brainstormed into existence ‘How To Use A Washing Machine’. Little did they know, in Oxford in 2018, that their newly penned and composed musical would also then progress to a national tour. Imogen Harter-Jones interviews them to find out about their experience.

"I realised I’d entirely missed the point of the franchise: it’s not about the owners, it’s about the toys." Chloe Whitehead was (unexpectedly) moved to tears by Pixar's latest offering.

Why male designers are fascinated by 'deformed' women

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'

Part 1 of a two-part series With crammed shops, an almost complete absence of disabled people on catwalks and a lack of inclusive products, the...

Anna Wintour once said that one of the things she adored most about the fashion industry is its constant drive to evolve and its...

Erica Garza’s memoir, Getting Off, about her struggle with porn and sex addiction concludes with her looking back on a photograph on her as...

At the England-Netherlands Nations League semi-final on 6th June, EDL founder Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) was filmed punching an England fan outside...

A primer to the niche field of "sound art"

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

The claws are out - Late-Night comedyis officially taking on the White House.

Wadham's Race Symposium panel explored the ideas and expression of multiculturalism and race relations in art.

With cross-dressing, feminist themes and a feisty soundtrack, The Roaring Girl proves a fifth week delight

The term ‘female comedians’ is a, well, funny one. Should we still be so insistently adding the ‘female’ part? Female comedians are comedians. But...

An overview of the outrageous content of the Fangasm podcast

A review of David Sedaris' 'Calypso' (Little, Brown, 2018)

Nightjar Theatre's production tackles themes that are particularly pertinent to our time

The most iconic image to come out of Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves is that of a disgruntled man sat on the pavement with a...