Thursday 19th March 2026

Culture

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.
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How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.
Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.
Books Manya Singh -

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.
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John Cleese to speak at Oxford Union

British actor John Cleese, known for his on-screen comedy and cavalier internet presence, is to speak at the Union on 20 April.

‘Clique’: the dark side of your summer internship

Alice Robinson finds BBC3's new drama a compelling stylised watch

‘Ghost in the Shell’: A mind-numbing bore

Jonnie Barrow takes on the forgettable remake of an anime classic

“A captivating, quasi-religious experience”

Clara Dijkstra reviews the new London Grammar single, 'Truth is a Beautiful Thing'

Tate Britain celebrates the playfulness and dynamism of David Hockney

Sabrina Ruia is captivated by a retrospective look at the artist's life

Balliol to battle Wolfson Cambridge superstar Monkman in University Challenge final

Jack Hunter assesses the teams' chances and this series' strongest memes ahead of Monday’s historic showdown against internet celebrity Eric Monkman

‘Logan’: his heart is bigger than his bite

Charles Britton is impressed with Hugh Jackman’s last hurrah as the most famous X-Man

Can we trust the new episode of ‘Rick and Morty’?

Jack Allsopp examines the hit sci-fi cartoon's latest instalment, and asks what new developments mean for the future of the show [MAJOR SPOILERS]

“Elegant, witty, sophisticated, remarkable”: The ‘Philanthropist’

Katie Sayer and Emily Lawford meet the all-star cast of Simon Callow's production of 'The Philanthropist'

Review: ‘Free Fire’

Nancy Epton finds Ben Wheatley's latest picture unashamedly violent and highly quotable, yet ultimately shallow

Intersectional feminism triumphs in ‘Hidden Figures’

Izzy Smith examines the racial issues at play in the Oscar-nominated film, 'Hidden Figures'

Pop is dead—long live pop!

Alex Waygood on how Ed Sheeran represents the decline and fall of the charts

Review: “Get Out”

Jonnie Barrow lavishes praise on this recently-released horror masterpiece.

Marvel’s Netflix universe is going badly wrong, and it’s the writing that’s to blame

Christopher Goring takes a look at Netflix’s increasingly troubled corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a spoiler-filled examination of how everything went off the rails

Live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is a ‘dose of weaponised nostalgia’

Jonnie Barrow examines whether the recent live-action remake of 'Beauty and the Beast' is worth your time...

Is The Nightly Show an expensive insult to the British public?

Theo Davies-Lewis takes a look at the critically-panned talk show’s place in ITV’s schedule

Friendship, Feminism and Fun(damental Rights)

India Parker talks to Jess Bollands, the President of the Oxford Belles, about the enormous success of their latest music video

Netflix to present Orson Welles’ lost masterpiece

Claire Leibovich discusses Netflix's resurrection of Orson Welles' unfinished final film

Chuck Berry – “One of the greats”

Will Cowie pays tribute to the late Chuck Berry

“When a film depends on siamese stories in the way this one does, it is often hard to keep the whole thing alive”

John Maier finds Tom Ford's re-released second film 'Nocturnal Animals' stylish but confused
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