Culture
Men used to go to war – now they DJ
Why are so many people becoming DJs? This recent obsession has taken the world – and now Oxford – by storm. Love it or hate it, everyone is doing...
Matchstick Cats
Mark and Trev were surrounded on the bed of the truck by old wooden...
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Picture Politics
Do politics have a place in the cinema?
Easy Virtue
We review the swinging new Noel Coward adaptation.
Perfect Vision
We get a good look at Oxford's telescope exhibition
All Stiles, no substance
Jenny Vass reviews Kieran Stiles' new exhibition.
Poetry in Motion
Andrew Motion's 'Ways of Life'
Book Review: Winter In Madrid
CJ Sansom, Pan Books, £7.99
Book Review: Musicophilia
Oliver Sacks, Picador, £8.99
Blasphemy: On The Road
This week, Cherwell gets angry about the Jack Kerouac 'classic'
The World’s A Stage: Cairo
Cherwell witnesses some unusual interpretations of Shakespeare...
Review: Endgame
Keble O'Reilley, Tuesday - Saturday 4th week
Review: Richard III
OFS Studio, Tuesday - Saturday 4th week
Review: A Few Good Men
Oxford Playhouse, Wednesday - Saturday, 4th Week
All jazzed up and nowhere to go?
We take a look at what's on offer for the jazz connoisseur in Oxford
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Dario Fo's best-known play receives four star treatment from Polar Bear Productions