Culture·9th March 2023Woolf Works Review: Dancing the Novels Yii-Jen Deng How might a novel be expressed through dance? That is the challenge posed by choreographer Wayne McGregor’s reimagining of Virginia...Read More
Entertainment·2nd March 2023Frankfurters and Stonerism: A Review of Five Easy Hot Dogs Jack Jacobs Hot Dogs are insatiably American. They are plasticly processed and artificially curated monstrosities – a consumerist staple, served with Simpson...Read More
Culture·1st March 2023Berlin Film Festival 2023 – First Look Review – Past Lives Jason Chau and Andrew Wang In Past Lives, Korean-Canadian playwright Celine Song has crafted one of the most achingly romantic, melancholic and beautiful films of...Read More
Culture·25th February 2023Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality Stephanie Nourse Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality is the The Ashmolean Museum’s new major exhibition, tracing one of the most compelling Greek...Read More
Entertainment·16th February 2023S’Wonderful, S’Marvellous, S’Definitely Worth The Ticket Price: Review of An American in Paris Susie Barrows On a chilly Wednesday evening in February, I ventured out of the warmth of my room to the Oxford Playhouse...Read More
Culture·11th February 2023An interview with Luke Nixon, star of Cruelty Natascha Norton I had the chance to sit down with Luke Nixon, the actor cast in Gabriel Blackwell and Coco Cottam’s upcoming...Read More
Entertainment·4th February 2023The Top Ten Albums of 2022… according to a pretentious man Kieran Wetherick What a year we have had. With many hyped-up returns, exciting debuts, and style switch-ups 2022 did not disappoint. It...Read More
Entertainment·29th January 2023Beyoncé and Beckham: selling out for performative allyship? Charlie Bowden When Beyoncé takes the stage, the whole world seems to stop and look. Her recent performance in Dubai, her first...Read More
Culture·17th January 2023The Witcher’s new spin-off: Netflix’s answer to the Game of Thrones cinematic universe? Charlie Bowden On Christmas Day, families around the world came together to spread festive joy. Many will have watched the Harry Potter...Read More
Entertainment·17th January 2023MUBI: curated film streaming through an arthouse lens Natascha Norton “From cult classics to modern masterpieces. From the greatest ever directors to the greatest new directors. Films from everywhere on...Read More
Entertainment·3rd March 2023‘That thing that everyone wants but no one has’: The Addams Family Review Martin Alfonsin Larsen For 4 nights, the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre in St Catherine’s College has been the home of a family which...Read More
Entertainment·2nd March 2023Peacock review: a glittering musical comedy Charlie Bowden Beneath the stunning set of crystals which illuminated the stage of the Old Fire Station, Peacock delivered a night of...Read More
Comment·26th February 2023Rewriting Roald Dahl: Dangerous Censorship Lies Elsewhere Yii-Jen Deng An odd thing about the controversy over the new edited version of Road Dahl by Puffin Books is that it...Read More
Culture·25th February 2023Review: “Six Degrees of Separation” – St. John’s Drama Society Cosimo Schlagintweit “Six Degrees of Separation” is a piercing play that masterfully explores themes of identity, class, and race with a deft...Read More
Culture·11th February 2023Better Yesterday review: a slowly unravelling tragedy Charlie Bowden “Autumn, 1977. Harold and Sylvia, celebrated actors, return home from yet another performance of Macbeth. The explosive events of the...Read More
Entertainment·6th February 2023‘Questions in a World of Blue’ – Ciana Russo’s Short Film Premiere Cosimo Schlagintweit Saturday evening, the 28th of January saw a well-attended Magdalen College Auditorium for the premiere of Ciana Russo’s first short...Read More
Entertainment·2nd February 2023Every Brilliant Thing: a celebration of life’s perfect imperfections Natascha Norton A man in the audience hands over his Japanese Dictionary. I have my sock on my hand and name it...Read More
Entertainment·29th January 2023Equal parts delightful and torturous: a review of Aftersun Georgie Morley Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut Aftersun is an ode to unconditional familial love and all of the heartache it brings. Of all...Read More
Entertainment·17th January 2023Cory Band blow away Oxford Town Hall Martin Alfonsin Larsen On a windy Sunday afternoon, Cory Band graced a sold-out and palpably buzzing Oxford Town Hall with a thrilling and...Read More