‘We’ve just got to push the reset button’: Lord Peter Mandelson on Labour, Europe and Modern Communications
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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
Food and Drink·11th February 2023Storm in a teacup: the queer delights of the Mad Hatter Asmaani Shukla Though there are many different characters of pubs in Oxford – from the displays of college crests in Chequers Inn...Read More
Food and Drink·1st November 2022Cocktail Time Jonah Poulard No drink, let alone cocktail, quite exudes the aura of class that a Martini does. When we say Martini, we...Read More
Culture·11th June 2022Cannes 2022: a step up to heaven? Duoya Li The 75th Cannes Film Festival has returned this May with its pre-pandemic glamour, but the film industry as well as...Read More
Features·9th June 2022Lights, Community, Action: In Conversation with the Ultimate Picture Palace Elias Formaggia Last week I had the pleasure of being able to meet with Micaela Tuckwell and Tom Jowett to discuss Oxford’s...Read More
Culture·31st May 2022Doctor Strange and the Demilitarisation of the Marvel-Industrial Complex Will Neill Spoilers to follow… Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a glorious disaster: a multi-million dollar, two-hour-long absolute train...Read More
Comment·18th May 2022Is a Charles regency the way forward for the British Monarchy? Samuel Kenny On Tuesday the 10th of May, something fundamental happened in regard to the future of the monarchy. For the...Read More
Culture·14th May 2022Heartstopper Kiki Wrece Heartstopper was released on 22 April, and within days it had found a place on Netflix’s Top 10 TV programmes....Read More
Culture·24th April 2022‘Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive’: A review of the exhibition at the Weston Library Blane Aitchison ‘Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive’ is a new exhibition at the Weston Library that attempts to retell the story of the...Read More
Food and Drink·25th February 2022Wine Review: Dominio de Tares ‘Baltos’ Mencia 2018 Bailey Cameron Image description: A bottle of 2018 Dominio de Tares ‘Baltos’ Mencia. Dominio de Tares ‘Baltos’ Mencia 2018 A single variety...Read More
Column·21st February 2023Eastern European Expeditions: Warsaw and the Problem of ‘Old Towns’ Jonah Poulard After my rather petulant excursion to Nida, I spent some time in Vilnius. It was good, but I didn’t appreciate...Read More
Culture·10th November 2022Ghosts, Giggles and a Drag Queen: Review of Blithe Spirit (9-12 Nov) Susie Barrows “Charles and Ruth Condomine are married and in love. No skeletons in the closet, no siree. But when they invite...Read More
Column·14th June 2022Dan The Man: On Empathy Dan Harrison Our politics and our society are afflicted by an absence of something: empathy. Empathy is misunderstood as an emotion. It...Read More
Culture·10th June 2022‘Whimsical soft-centred happy-all-the-way’: Yii-Jen Deng We both brought silly books to Oxford interviews, my friend and I, though I only remember hers – it was...Read More
Comment·8th June 2022On Oxonian Culture Dan Harrison Political society events such as Beer & Bickering at the Oxford University Labour Club should not be denigrated for their...Read More
Culture·27th May 2022Summer reads: a drift with Albert Camus Matthew Holland I was first introduced to Camus, rather informatively about my internet habits, from a quote on the Reddit page r/QuotesPorn,...Read More
Culture·14th May 2022The Gilded Age back to page Duoya Li The HBO TV series The Gilded Age has recently announced the launching of a second season, after the first nine...Read More
Entertainment·2nd May 2022Fantastic Beasts: The culture wars strike back! Will Neill Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is a nightmarish film. Far from a relaxing exam break, this was a two-and-a-something-hours long...Read More
Identity·2nd March 2022Ekushe February: Celebrating International Mother Language Day Anisah Qausher Image description: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (centre), Founding Father of Bangladesh, with his family. মা, তোর মুখের বাণী আমার কানে লাগে...Read More