ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Philip Kerr
‘Untitled’ Linocut print, 20x15cm “This piece represents the industrial production of a plastic doll, stretched in different directions by hands and cogs. The design is a collage of different shapes found in Giuseppe Capogrossi, Juliette Roche and Jean/Hans Arp’s work.&#
The Count: Pennsylvania’s in retrograde
The election is coming up, I think someone said today. I should start by being more specific. The one with the big orange man. I know Romania’s election is coming up shortly, easy mistake to make, but I’m counting on you to know which one I’m on about. If not, you’re just about the last [&he
The Count: Who controls your body?
In America, the answer depends on your sex. Women’s reproduction has moved from public health policy to political ideology. Since June 2022, when Roe-vs-Wade was overturned, women no longer have a constitutional right to reproductive choice. A pregnant woman’s body is not under her contro
The Count: Americans explain themselves
Trying to feel sorry for Americans can be a bit like trying to feel sorry for Manchester United fans. They’re clearly down on their luck, but after years dominance secured at least in part through foul play, you get a sneaking feeling they might deserve it. Although, unlike Manchester Unite
Icon of the Week: Balliol Blue
(They say journalism isn’t a lucrative industry, but it got me a rare Blue out of a pint glass.) It’s been a good year for the Balliol Blue. The drink, which is in fact blue and found in Balliol, is made of one shot of blue curacao, one of peach schnapps, and two […]
The Count: Local woman is from two places at once (just like the VP)
Regretfully, my contribution to the US election coverage hails from a dinner at the Oxford Union. There aren’t many things that can snap me out of a blissful wine haze but at the dinner something managed just that. Trying haphazardly to avoid both looking directly down the photographer’s
The Count: The Democratic Party has commitment issues
Before their son died in captivity in Gaza, the mother and father of Hersh Goldberg-Polin spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August. It was a testament to their huge empathy that, beyond pleading for the return of their son, they also pleaded for the end of the war in G
The Count: The (White) House always wins
The more observant cosmopolitans among you may have noticed that a country across the world called the “United States” will be having an election soon. Now, there’s no reason why provincial affairs like that would affect a centre of world influence like the UK, but for curiosity’s sak
Heathers: partial notes from an impartial observer
There are two types of people when it comes to musical theatre: those who grew up going to stagecoach every weekend, learning the entire scores of musicals from Wicked to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and won’t shut up about it, and those who just passionately loathe it. I te