Entertainment·2nd April 2018Review: Isle of Dogs James Ashworth I’m a big fan of Wes Anderson’s work, I won’t lie. Bearing that in mind, I approached the cinema for...Read More
Entertainment·25th September 2012A Tale of Two Qualities: King Lear, The Almeida King Lear at the Almeida Theatre is exactly the kind of play that makes one realise the futility of...Read More
Entertainment·17th February 2019Review: Made in Dagenham at the Oxford Playhouse Leonie James This should have been an excellent production. The sets were wonderful, the costumes spectacular and the cast gave it their...Read More
Entertainment·1st December 2015Review: ONLIFE William Shaw Imagine Black Mirror as written by Samuel Beckett. Dark, clever and deeply emotional, ONLIFE tells the story of one man...Read More
Life·11th November 2017Album Review: ‘Lotta Sea Lice’, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile Seb Braddock The only bad thing about Lotta Sea Lice is in its prompting of a revival of that goddawful “Kurtney” Cobain...Read More
Entertainment·20th February 2017Review: ‘Degas to Picasso’ at the Ashmolean Holly Kelsey The Ashmolean’s new feature exhibition Degas to Picasso aims to chart over a century’s worth of artistic change in the...Read More
Entertainment·1st March 2013Bonez & bronze Merlin Seller Room after room of rough totems, thick cartouches and half-buried sarcophagi. Imagine yourself an archaeologist in dream-land, and you’re half-way...Read More
Life·30th January 2017Review: Feel Your Feelings Fool! – The Regrettes Larissa Pullen There is an incredible amount of crazy energy brewing in a lesser-known corner of the local LA garage rock music...Read More
Entertainment·3rd February 2016Heavy Petting – A Review Frey Kwa Hawking The return of something resembling a legend, an institution, was heralded by the confidence of the classic opening and closing...Read More
Entertainment·24th May 2016TV Feature: ‘Peaky Blinders’ Review Carys Miller Just three weeks into Trinity term and the BBC has once again decided to make it virtually impossible for me...Read More
FeaturesFood and Drink·20th October 2016Café Critique: The Oxford Wine Café Ariane Laurent-Smith Despite the name, The Oxford Wine Café serves decent coffee. The mocha is really sweet, definitely suffering from a bit...Read More
Entertainment·30th October 2014Review: The Pillowman William Aslet ✮✮✮✮✮ You would be hard pressed to find a comedy blacker than Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman. It is a...Read More
Entertainment·13th July 2018Incredibles 2 Review James Ashworth Image Credit: Flickr – Brickset (CC BY 2.0) After fourteen years, and an intervening thirteen films, including two Toy Story,...Read More
Entertainment·22nd November 2012For consistency I gasped: Jane Eyre at the Simpkins Lee Timothy Bano Based on Polly Teale’s admirable adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel, this production was a mixed bag. Despite some strong points,...Read More
Entertainment·10th November 2017Paddington 2 Review James Ashworth Image Credit: aitoff (CC0) With the runaway success of the original Paddington, it was always a matter of time before...Read More
News·16th January 2014’12 Years’ A Haunting Masterpiece It is the plight of the reviewer that, even as you sit and watch a film universally praised by critics,...Read More
Entertainment·21st March 2015Review: Chappie Thomas Bannatyne Neill Blomkamp’s roots as a visual effects artist have always been clear in his directorial work. His aliens and robots...Read More
Entertainment·4th November 2016Liu Dan: New Landscapes and Old Masters Beverley Noble Liu Dan is considered one of China’s most famous living artists, and is renowned for his use of traditional techniques...Read More
Entertainment·26th July 2016The Secret Life of Pets: Jumbled Plot and Lots of Slapstick I enjoy kids’ movies: they have the freedom to create fantastic worlds which appeal to both adults and children. However,...Read More