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Penny Sarchet

Review: Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, New Theatre

Cherwell is blown away by the energy and passion of this Grammy Award Winning latin collective

Taking Wadstock

Penny Sarchet tells us what its like to play with a funk soul ensemble at Oxford University's annual festival event.

Review: The Pigeon Detectives Live

Penny Sarchet reviews the Oxford leg of the Pigeon Detectives' comeback tour following the recent release of their new album, 'Up, Guards And At 'Em!'

Love During Wartime

All's fair in love and war

Review: Never Let Me Go

Young British heavyweights Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s novel set in an alternate Britain.

Review: Barney’s Version

Not quite as funny or dramatic as you would hope, but there is a certain insidious charm to this new release starring Paul Giamatti.