Artist Spotlight: George Robson
Despite my naïve confidence that the heatwave would surely have broken by the day of our interview, George Robson and I sat under a blistering midday sun to discuss his work as co-founder of Crazy Child Film Productions. Lounging leisurely in the Magdalen gardens, I was struck by the rather serendi
The Isis On: Pride (pt 1)
Leave Your Boyfriend to Hoover the House While You’re at the Pride Parade It’s common courtesy: you wouldn’t bring your boss. Your Bible. Your gun. And it’s not that your gay friends are too sensitive. He doesn’t need to be at the picnic you didn’t think to bring paper cups and pl
On the ‘para’ (পাড়া)
My childhood summers unfolded between the homes of my maternal and paternal grandparents in West Bengal, India. Each sojourn began in Kolkata, with legs sticking to the hot leather of an un-airconditioned taxi as we hurtled past blue-and-white flyovers crowded with towering billboards—‘Didi,’
Under Review: Completely Bloody Incoherent
Despite what its title might tell you, Completely Bloody Incoherent unravels itself with impressive lucidity. Splinters Production’s latest play refuses to resign itself to a single category, embracing fragmentation to fully capture the disorienting overlap between who we are and what we creat
Artist Spotlight: Nyla Thomas
The heatwave has overstayed its welcome in Oxford. The stone that usually holds the city in a kind of grey composure is bright, hot to the touch, as I dodge the swarms of tourists on the High Street. I find relief, and Nyla, in Magdalen’s cloisters. I suggest Addison’s Walk and she agrees. W
On Sugaring
On a facetious whim, I once asked my father how many camels he thought I was worth. Without really thinking, he said ten. I was fairly pleased to be worth an abstract twenty humps until he added, ‘So about half a pack.’ It’s probably important to have an idea of self-worth, and more pragmati
Under Review: The Future of the Left, at the Union
There is a particular kind of irony that only the British left can produce with such reliable efficiency. Last weekend I found myself squarely inside it, as four rising left-wing podcasters—Noah East and Sean Ramiz of Northstar Politics, and Freddie Feltham and Jovan Owusu-Nepaul of What’s L
Artist Spotlight: Oli Spooner, Inigo Unknown
Oxford, compared to its oft-referenced rival, Cambridge, has few spaces like Clare College’s music grounds. Whatever band nights and pub performances are put on in this city are comparatively small scale, and music as a genre of creative work commands far less weight and aura then it did a decade
Under review: Exhibition 005
Exhibition 005 was a testament to the vitality of the student art scene in Oxford. The annual, student-led exhibition hosted by Worcester College invites submissions from practising artists across the university, as well as city residents and pupils from local schools. I left feeling pleasantly remi