Saturday 16th August 2025

Culture

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine, Melbourne, rocks up to London in 1980, writes 'wear makeup everyday' on his New Year's...

St Anne’s goes All-Steinway: A purposeful and bold commitment to music

In a move that lives up to its motto of ‘Consulto et Audacter’ (purposefully...

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...

Reading Oxford books in Oxford

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

Culture Corner: David Mitchell & Cloud Atlas

Samantha Phey muses on Cloud Atlas’ exploration of human interconnectedness

Postcards: the last vestige of sincerity

Simran Uppal would quite like someone to pidge him a Valentine, but only if it’s physical

Looking through the window

Natasha Burton argues that postcards are more than just cultural snapshots

Minor Dundee?

Altair Brandon-Salmon looks back at Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee (1965)

Review: Hail, Caesar!

Jem Bartholomew feels the latest Coen Brothers offering was one big inside joke

Review: Living Hour debut album

The band's self-named album reminds Sophie Jordan of past summers

Horn smuggling at the Sheldonian

Sophie Jordan is amused by OUPhil's emphatic Mahler

Weather forecast: rain doo-wops

Daniel Kodsi disagrees with the complacency of M. Ward's eighth album More Rain

Review: C Duncan at the Old Fire Station

Ellen Peirson-Hagger experiences a taste of geeky indie rock

Taking Notes

Theophilus Kwek reviews Oxford’s fortnightly literature and art magazine

Preview: Rape of Lucretia

Matt Roberts and Ellie Gomes are excited for this bold new production

EDM, MJ and fresh-faced success

Dutch DJ Martin Garrix takes on the Oxford Guild

Rewind: Innocence of Muslims

Tristan Upton looks back to 2012 to discuss the simplification of tragedy by journalists

Rare books need to be read

John Ryan extols engagement and investment in college collections

Culture Corner: Lady Gaga

Priya Khaira-Hanks shouts back at the sanitisation of rape culture

Is This Art? Lynton Crosby

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Naomi Gee takes on Lynton Crosby

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 6

This week Miriam Gordis explores the concept of paradise

The Art of Our Time

Surya Bowyer looks at Pembroke College’s new exhibition

Preview: The Marriage of Kim K

A post-modern adaptation of the classic comic opera

Review: The Somme Battlefield — The top 20 places to visit

Caitlin Law reviews Ruaraidh Adams-Cairns battlefield guide and explores the Somme from a personal angle

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