Icon of the Week: Nick Gladwin, Founder of Simple Events
When I pick up the phone to my undergraduate friends, the first question they often ask me is ‘how you coping?’ Not with the workload. Not with the master’s degree. No – they ask a far more serious question: how are you coping with the Oxford nightlife? And in response to that, I direct them
Why Do We Like Drawing Naked People?
I looked down at my paper and blushed. My pencil had jutted enthusiastically across the page, and I had drawn a disproportionately large carrot-like shape hanging between his legs. I was in my first-ever life drawing class. Oxford noticeboards are overwhelmed with leaflets advertising life dr
Creative Profile: Q&A with Alexandra Leese
Born in Hong Kong and artistically trained in a British environment, Alexandra Leese influences the creative world of photography through her dynamic spirit composed of vibrant colours, the female corporeal elements and items of the natural realm. Through her collaborations with brands such a
The Moment a Character Starts Lying to you: An Interview with the Playwright Mike Bartlett
“What makes playwriting exciting is that it is fiction: follow the character, because, for the most part, no one really cares what happens to you.” Mike Bartlett recently delivered a talk to the Oxford University Drama Society on his career, playwriting and the importance of theatre in the 21st