Michael Kurtz
Michael Kurtz is a folk musician who has been featured on BBC Introducing in the East Midlands and BBC Radio 6. He’s currently an undergraduate at Oxford. In this interview, he talks about his creative process, the role of nostalgia in his music and the relationship between musicians and produ
Nothing Ever Happens
Christianity has always been a fundamental part of me. My earliest memory is of crouching beneath a pew in the parish church where my family would worship when I was a child. My mother became a priest when I was eight. I sang in a church choir every Sunday and I’ve heard more sermons than [&hellip
Old English, Old Oxford
Two months ago, I found myself at an English formal with the rest of the English freshers at my college, and all our tutors. I imagine the nerves—as well as the prospect of free wine—must have got to me, so I ended up fairly tipsy by about an hour into the evening. I was sat […]
THE EYING OF MY SCARS
“Collection of Sylvia Plath’s possessions to be sold at auction” reads Tuesday’s Guardian. Up for grabs are the proof copy of Plath’s novel The Bell Jar (1963) and her pre-publication author’s copy. Both are written on: her proof edition is “carefully corrected”, and her author’s c
Artivism: Can Art Revolutionise? // A Panel Discussion
**all proceeds will go towards refunding speaker travel expenses!** Artivism // Can Art Revolutionise? Eve Ensler defines artivism as ‘where art is activated and activism is made much more layered, ambiguous, passionate, fiery, revolutionary.’ From the Stop The War Coalition to the Arab Springs
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism at the Saatchi Gallery
In September 1917, a month shy of the Bolshevik Revolution, T.S. Eliot wrote that “Europeans […] fail to note that there are many kinds of Russians, corresponding to the many kinds of their fellow countrymen, and that most of these kinds, similarly to the kinds of their fellow-countrymen
The Isis: In conversation with Paul Mason
After spending over a decade at the BBC, Paul Mason became the economics editor for Newsnight, and would later fulfil the same role at Channel 4 News. He famously quit the latter to escape the constraints of the impartiality rules that govern broadcasters in order to fully engage with the political
The ISIS and ACS present: Funk Tha Police
Guess who’s back…. From the people who brought you Soundclash, Rumble in the Jungle, and now this Wednesday of 3rd week, The Isis and Oxford ACS present: >>>>> FUNK THA POLICE <<<<< Two crews of DJs: ISIS residents and ACS residents, will be taking you back to 70s &
Free-Speech for Progressives
‘No-platforming’ and freedom of speech are in the news at the moment. Under the new regulations introduced by Universities’ Minister Jo Johnson, academic institutions could be fined if it can be demonstrated that they have suppressed freedom of speech. It’s unclear why it is the role of gove