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Category: Arts and Culture

Arts and Culture showcases the creative life of St John’s and the wider Durham community. From student writing, music, theatre, and visual arts to reviews, exhibitions, and cultural moments on and off campus, this section celebrates the ideas and imagination that thrive at John’s. It’s where Johnians share what inspires them and what they’re making, watching, reading, and thinking about.

  • 2024

A Fresh Perspective on Theatre at Durham (from a Fresher’s Perspective)

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 Apr 20245 Dec 2025

Arts and Culture Editor, Ollie Cochran, recounts his first-year experience of navigating the dramatic arts in Durham.

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  • Arts and Culture

Review of ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 17 Feb 202427 Feb 2024

Arts and Culture Editor Ollie Cochran reviews Bailey Theatre Company and John’s Music Society’s Epiphany term extravaganza ‘Singin’ in the Rain’.

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  • 2024

Finding your place, food and fellowship: an interview with Clare Finney

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 7 Feb 20247 Feb 2024

Callum Hynd sits down to talk with Clare Finney, award-winning Food Journalist and St John’s Alum.

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  • Arts and Culture

Tales from Durham and Beyond: A Chat with Stevie Martin

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 1 Feb 20246 Feb 2024

Arts and Culture Editor Ollie Cochran talks with John’s alumnus Stevie Martin about her memories of Durham and her wide-ranging career in the entertainment industry.

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  • 2024

Dan Bavister’s Review of the Arts, Music and Culture Formal

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 22 Jan 202422 Dec 2024

John’s Chronicle Deputy Editor, Dan Bavister, goes behind the scenes at the Arts, Music and Culture Formal, reviewing a wonderful evening of entertainment and creative expression.

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  • 2023

Let’s Get Introspective! : Tips from a Journal writer in John’s

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 4 Dec 2023

Cheng Shaye-Ann offers tips on how to be a journal writer, which she sees as an outlet to be your true self without any fear of judgement.

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  • 2023

The Importance Of Turning Up To Rehearsals

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 30 Nov 202330 Nov 2023

Arts & Culture Editor Callum Hynd braces the cold of the Library to talk to cast members of the Bailey Theatre Company’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest, which premieres this evening.

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  • 2023

Switching On: Lumiere at Durham in 2023

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 17 Nov 202317 Nov 2023

Callum Hynd suggests at Lumiere we should view the city of Durham not as an exhibit hall but rather as a canvas on which artists should project their respective works.

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  • Arts and Culture

Secret Gardens of St John’s

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 11 Sep 20235 Dec 2025

As we look forward to opening our doors as part of the national Heritage Open…

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  • 2023

The Play’s The Thing: A Reflection on Summer Shakespeare 2023 

  • by johnschronicle
  • Posted on 30 Jun 202328 Jun 2023

Dan Bavister reflects on this years’ Summer Shakespeare performance, an annual part of the post-exams…

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