Bodleian purchases Kafka correspondence
The Bodleian Library and the Deutsches Literaturarchiv in Marbach have joined together to purchase a collection of correspondence by celebrated author Franz Kafka to prevent them being auctioned to private…
Meek’s Cutoff: fear and loathing in the old West
by Rebecca Gillie Described helpfully in the accompanying leaflet as an ‘indie Western’, cult filmmaker Kelly Reichardt’s latest offering is a bleak, bleached-out odyssey following a cluster of lost would-be…
Grim ‘Sucker Punch’ no lightweight fare
Before Sucker Punch, Zach Snyder had never quite made a bad film, his sense of style seeing him through even where the plot was confused (Watchmen) or absent (300). Sadly,…
Bolivi’n the dream?
Vice President of Bolivia Álvaro García Linera talks at the Oxford Union about his vision for a plurinational Bolivia in the wake of democratic revolts against the neo-liberal experiment in…
Oxford offers places to New Zealand students
University gives free places to students affected by Christchurch earthquake.…
Into the Uncanny Valley…
Ross Jones-Morris investigates the ever-increasing realism of CGI - is it too much for humans to cope with?…
Interview: Ken Livingstone
Sophie FitzMaurice and Jahan Meeran talk to the former Mayor of London about spending cuts, class politics and the rise of China.…
Who’s afraid of the F-word?
Sophie FitzMaurice speaks to Vicky Simister, founder of the London Anti-Street Harassment campaign, about the problem of sexism on the street and in politics.…
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