Culture
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 over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering why. Whilst we may not...
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.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
Blasphemy: Atonement
Each week Cherwell cuts a literary 'classic' down to size. This week: Ian McEwan's Atonement
That much for a dead shark?
Cherwell looks at Damien Hirst's art show/auction
‘Don’t lean on the lectern’
Cherwell attends Kevin Spacey's inaugral lecture at St Catz
Genre Confused
This week Cherwell presents the idiots' guide to Post-Metal
Album Review: Oasis
Dig Out Your Soul, Big Brother Records
The Live Wire: Enter Shikari
The trance-rock quartet put on a formidable live show
A grand old man and his dog
Cherwell gets thespy with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott and Peter Manning
Igor Film Review
A new kids flick in the un-ending tirade of animated adventures hitting silver screens
The World’s A Stage 1st Week
We meet the Bourgeois (in Bourges)
Genre Confused 1st Week
Extolling the virtues of obscure music
An old-fashioned abracadabra
We take a look at the Burton Taylor magic show, Box of Tricks
Album Review: Ani DiFranco
Red Letter Year, Righteous Babe records
Album Review: TV On The Radio
Dear Science, 4AD Records
Venue Review: University Church
Exploring the beautiful and atmospheric performance space
