Author name: Clara Bennett

Clara Bennett is an Oxford-based writer who focuses on the cultural life of small cities. She studied English and Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex before moving to Oxford, where she began writing short features on independent cinemas, bookshops, cafés, walking routes, local exhibitions, and neighbourhood events. Her work is interested in the ordinary places where culture happens: a small gallery opening, a reading group above a café, a weekend market, a public garden, or a local venue trying to keep its audience. She writes about Oxford as a lived city, not only as a university image. For Oxford Social, Clara covers city life, local culture, arts venues, public spaces, and the quieter social patterns that shape modern Oxford.

Arts

Alexis Trice Paints a Wild-Eye and Feral Chosen Family

Clara Bennett / 06/28/2026

Dreaming with Open Eyes: Alexis Trice and the Ephemeral Wild
In the drifting moments between sleep and wakefulness, images can seem more real than the waki…