funding art Archives - The Oxford Blue

Lady Grinning Soul: Who Backs the Bands? Ireland’s BIA Scheme

by Julia Blackmon February 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Passé ou Classique? – How Old Films can Hold Up for a Modern Audience

Astrid Rogers Jun 16, 2026 9 min read

Publicity photo of Charlie Chaplin for the film Modern Times (1936).

“As modern cinema becomes increasingly commercialised, films are primarily lauded for their entertainment value, a well-known cast of actors and provocative subject matter over form…

Lubomyr Melnyk Windmills at Exeter College Chapel: Reviewed

Isabella Hamilton Dale Jun 16, 2026 7 min read

“Over the course of around 20-minutes the piece transforms itself into something airy, high, light as though leaving this material world. Melnyk’s music may all…

Britain’s prophet steps forward

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani Jun 15, 2026 8 min read

Tony Blair, 9 July 2010. Photo published by the Office of the Prime Minister of Kosovo.

“Oh, oh! Agony, agony! Again the awful pains of prophecy are on me, maddening as they fall… What if no man believe me?” Thus cries…

Walking in silence: a lost art?

Jessica Gregory Jun 15, 2026 6 min read

An elegant, old-fashioned lady walking her dogs along a beach

On brighter days, I’ll venture to the Bodleian with Bad Bunny, or Stevie Wonder blasting through my ears. Come rain or shine, the music seems…