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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...

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Reading Oxford books in Oxford

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

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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...

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Lacking Latin: Ceremonial mistakes in My Oxford Year

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

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Felicity Jones: Star of the Oxford drama scene

Theo Davies-Lewis recounts how acting at university fostered Jones' talents

Men directing women: Almódovar ‘Julieta’

Benjamin Davies discusses guilt, colours and female relationships in Pedro Almódovar’s latest work

Single of the week: James Blunt’s ‘Love Me Better’

Emma Leech slates the pop singer's painful new release

A word from the stalls

Miriam Nemmaoui accosts a teary-eyed audience member emerging from the Burton Taylor Studio, after the final showing of STOP

Dostoyevsky and the crime of orthodoxy

Daniel Villar reflects on how Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s religious beliefs influenced his literature as the anniversary of his death approaches on 9 February

Review: ‘Two Way Mirror’

Alice Robinson reflects on an admirable attempt to tackle a difficult pair of plays

Don’t miss your STOP

Hannah Arndt is full of enthusiasm for a preview of an original student musical

Review: ‘Collaborators’

Tilly Nevin rates this student production as amongst the best she has seen in Oxford

Review: Lubaina Himid’s ‘Invisible Strategies’

Ewan Davis explores Lubaina Himid’s Invisible Strategies at Modern Art Oxford

Review: STOP

Amaris Proctor admires this play's refreshingly frank attitude towards mental illness

Readers’ Photo Competition

Have some great Instagram shots of your college pals? Or portraits of people you met while travelling abroad? Send [email protected] your best portrait photos by Wed 15 and see your work in print!

A product of pointless nostalgia

Natalia Bus argues against the unfulfilling nature of musical reunions

Mrs Dalloway: A novel in cinemascope

Alice Robinson explores how Virginia Woolf embraces the techniques and temporality of the cinema in her writing

Reviewing Moffat: The Doctor Who Christmas Special

“Doctor Who does superheroes” is a premise which seems obvious. The show’s greatest asset is its ability to jump from one genre to the...

Which film best represents your college?

Oxford colleges are known for their quirks, and inspired by these traits, here’s part two of the Cherwell guide to movies that reflect our...

Reviewing Moffat: Sherlock Series Four

This series of Sherlock is particularly varied, playing around with genre far more than usual. The first episode, ‘The Six Thatchers,’ feels at many...