Ben Ray
OxFolk Reviews: ‘Ignite’
Ben Ray looks at 'Ignite', the debut album of duo Will Pound & Eddy Jay
Review: Treasure Neverland – Real and Imaginary Pirates
Ben Ray sets sail to find his ideal desert island book
Book review: The University of Oxford, a History
Ben Ray digs into this herculean history of the university, undertaken by Magdalen's own Professor Brockliss
A discussion with Buzz Aldrin
Ben Ray is over the moon about Blackwell's event with the legendary astronaut
Work continues on Eve the plesiosaur
Work is continuing at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on piecing together the remains of Eve, a 165 million year old plesiosaur...
London, books and bears: an interview with Michael Bond
“The first time I nearly died was on a Wednesday.” Michael Bond, a smiling and well-dressed 90 year old, leaned forward as he talked....
Review: Rhinoceros
There aren’t many plays that leave you speechless as the actors take their final bow: still less that fully deserve a standing ovation. Rhinoceros...
Ray’s Chapter & Worse: 3rd week
I’ve just had the smug, narcissistic satisfaction of getting over a hundred likes on Facebook for a post- it always feels so good, and yet...
Set for Summer
The coming of May took Cherwell to the University of Oxford Botanic Garden to help celebrate vivid spring hues.
Photography: Richard Wakefield
Models: Eleanor McCann &...
Review: The Weir
There is a certain type of absolute silence that only comes with good storytelling – it is the silence of held breath, of absolute...
OxFolk Review: ‘In The Air Or The Earth’
‘In The Air Or The Earth’, the latest release by the Askew Sisters, is less a simple listening experience than an immersive storytelling session-...
Preview: The Weir
“Tell me a ghost story.” It only takes five small words to set the scene in this rehearsal of ‘The Weir’- a story of...
Ray’s Chapter & Worse: 2nd week
This week I had a revelation. Whilst cycling back from rowing, just before I was due to go into the Choffices (Cherwell Offices for...
Oxford in Summer
Eight things you have to do this Trinity Term