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Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull

Preview: King Lear

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull sees promise in this production

Where are they now: Toni Basil

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to...

Review: Peace – Happy People

Peace's latest endeavour receives lukewarm reception from Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull

Where are they now: Sam Bailey

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: Dido and Aeneas – A St Peter’s success story

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull finds St Peter's College's production of Purcell's Baroque opera a raging success

"Good people, good drinkers and no bigots"

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull talks to Gareth Campesinos!, Los Campesinos!'s frontman

Preview: Dido and Aeneas

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull previews a newly produced student opera

Interview: Vivienne Westwood

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull talks to Vivienne Westwood about activism and politics

Barbarism begins: Meat is Murder at thirty

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull looks back at a classic album from The Smiths

Review: Belle and Sebastian-Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull finds himself underwhelmed by two-thirds of the band's ninth album

Where are they now: Nizlopi

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: An Evening with The Cure

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews an evening spent watching The Cure at London's Hammersmith Apollo, complete with lipstick, dry ice and spinning tops galore.

Should music fans put their trust in Trust Fund?

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews the fledgling band's gig at Village Underground, Shoreditch

Oxford’s evening with John Lydon

Punk icon Johnny Rotten spoke to fans about his recent autobiography, the increasing waistline of the punk movement and the Cotswolds' effects on his digestive system