Katharine Spurrier examines the period drama, weighing up the balance between the pursuit of truth and the desire to entertain.
Author: Katharine Spurrier
Beyond her degree, Katharine enjoys reading both social commentary and culture reviews. This provision of both high and low insights helps to inform the articles she has written for The Oxford Blue which range from pop-culture, to literature, to food, and even dipping into sports on occasion. In her free time you will frequently find her with a cup of tea and a book, or walking her dogs.
Hibernation Agitation: How to stay engaged over the Winter Lockdown
Katharine Spurrier muses over the importance of the arts and creativity during this second, less Rosé-fuelled lockdown.
Midnight Sun review: Twihard Try-hard
Katharine Spurrier review Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer’s latest novel. Will it meet the expectations of our teen years?
To be or not to be online?
The thrilling spontaneity of a live performance is lost when the same version is replayed and editing done to perfect mistakes. The audience and performers are inextricably linked by a bond of being; the audience exists to watch, the actors to be watched.
Too Much Reality?!: Why technology is absent from literature
We have had mobile phones for almost fifty years, social media in some capacity for the last twenty, and the iPhone for thirteen. For most, day-to-day life is so bound together by technology that it is hard to discern the difference between the world we live in online and the one we physically inhabit. We Read More…
The Classics Revisited
“It is a truth universally acknowledged” that since man stepped behind a camera we have been subjected to some particularly questionable attempts at adapting those ‘classics’ we hold so dear. The dilemma – to adapt or not to adapt – is a pressing one. ‘Classics’ is not a term I use lightly; on the surface, Read More…
Restaurant Recipe Recreations
Through trying out recipes from Le Caprice and Pret, Katharine Spurrier reflects on attempting restaurant cooking at home and what might be missing from this experience.
Review: Folklore – Taylor Swift
At midday on Thursday 23rd July, 137 million people on Instagram were graced with a greyscale collage of one Taylor Swift stood with a meditative attitude in the woods. Surely this could not be the allusive TS8 (the name Swift’s fans have given the album to follow Lover)? After almost 15 years in the industry, Read More…
Why Banana Bread?
Banana bread baking has become a staple lockdown activity, but does it deserve all the attention that it’s receiving and why is it so popular?
Six Nations: France v England
France 24-17 England Following the success of last year’s World Cup, this first game was not what England would have hoped for. Arriving in a rainy Paris, England were unable to lift the mood or counter the spirits of a roaring French home crowd. One commentator described it as an “hostile environment; wonderful atmosphere”. For Read More…