Thursday 7th August 2025

Culture

Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year

Oxford occupies a mystical, almost fantastical place within the American psyche – so much so that when I told my peers I’d be studying abroad, they had me promise...

Reading Oxford books in Oxford

For those who have not even set foot in Oxford, the city still lives...

Netflix’s city of dreaming Americans: My Oxford Year, reviewed

If not taken too seriously, Netflix’s new movie My Oxford Year is a surprisingly...

Lacking Latin: Ceremonial mistakes in My Oxford Year

My Oxford Year, a new Netflix rom-com, has received considerable attention. Yet as a...

‘Deeper than the Abyss’: Resisting the Holocaust

Sam Sussman reviews Peter Hayes' new book, 'Why? Explaining the Holocaust'

A word from the stalls

Miriam Nemmaoui speaks to a tipsy audience member at Suzy Cripps’ 'The Optimists'

Representing sex in young adult fiction

Cherwell Books focuses on the importance of consent and honesty

Imagination and immediacy in travel writing

Ellie Duncan interviews Neil McQuillian, Senior Editor at Rough Guides

“Even while expecting an hour of postmodernist drama, I couldn’t have been more unprepared”

Katie Sayer recovers from the gripping and disturbing 'Marat/Sade' at the Keble O'Reilly

Spotlight: Emily the Snake

Emily the Snake are a funky outfit full of potential, says Will Cowie

A disturbing worldview undercut by patchy acting

Olivia Cormack finds that it's not just the costumes in Contractions that need ironing out

SLAM: Poetry that isn’t afraid to make an impact

William Hosie investigates how the art of slam challenges our assumptions about poetry

Old&New: Songs of displeasure

Sydney Gagliano on being open-minded about overlooked art

“More gentle slap than sucker punch”

Katheryn Thompson finds Made in Dagenham lacking in political grit

A night for dancing and jumping

Daniel Curtis is left reeling from White Lies’ unpolished yet momentous performance at Oxford’s O2 Academy

“A bold and unapologetic production”

Surya Bowyer is frustrated by a powerful production of 'Suspiria' which comes so close to greatness

Anything but a simple fairy-tale

Ebere Nweze is impressed by this unnerving and sharp new adaptation of Wilde’s short story

Zoom In: How to steal our jobs as Film and TV editors

Shivani Ananth and Katie Sayer tell you how to take over their legacy

Moonlight: a transcendent spectacle

Jonnie Barrow delights in Barry Jenkins' mesmeric exploration of identity

Single of the Week: Calvin Harris’ ‘Slide’

Natalia Bus basks in the DJ producer's sunny new collaboration

Coldplay: ‘Something Just Like Piss’

Will Cowie carefully pulls apart the new Coldplay single

Home is where the art is: Yu Hong

Queenie Li explores Chinese feminist Yu Hong’s artwork

Facing walls

Art by Mark de Courcy Ling following Cherwell's portrait photography competition

Spotlight: Yellow Days

Natalia Bus takes a look at new music

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