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Tuesday 1st July 2025
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Becoming a metropolitan through life in slow motion
Maddison Sumner discusses her experience of moving from the town to the city
“An aspirational first performance”
Jacob Greenhouse is impressed by 'Blatavsky's Tower', the first production from newly founded company
“A little-known gem”
Thomas Player gives four stars to 'Dear Brutus', an underrated classic
Dispatches: faces and encounters in a letter from New York
Altair Brandon-Salmon reflects on finding the familiar and unexpected in a new city
Irresponsible escapists and the architecture of power
Thomas Thorne considers how escapism may be a powerful force for transgression
Tate Britain celebrates the playfulness and dynamism of David Hockney
Sabrina Ruia is captivated by a retrospective look at the artist's life
The guilt of gaming at Oxford
Charles Britton finds that university life has taken its toll on an all-consuming hobby
Review: ‘Free Fire’
Nancy Epton finds Ben Wheatley's latest picture unashamedly violent and highly quotable, yet ultimately shallow
Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’
Louise Howland finds an addictive energy in sequel to cult classic Trainspotting
Spotlight: DFO
Will Cowie on those three magic letters
“Love and humanity scattered amid the horror”
Emily Lawford enjoys a genuinely frightening production of Macbeth
Spotlight: Emily the Snake
Emily the Snake are a funky outfit full of potential, says Will Cowie
A disturbing worldview undercut by patchy acting
Olivia Cormack finds that it's not just the costumes in Contractions that need ironing out
A night for dancing and jumping
Daniel Curtis is left reeling from White Lies’ unpolished yet momentous performance at Oxford’s O2 Academy
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