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Gregory Crewdson: How to remain relevant in the world of fine art photography

For anyone embarking on their photography journey now, the world of image creation can seem very daunting. The market is oversaturated with photographers, all creating broadly similar and anonymous...

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Film photography: How I went from believer to skeptic

I’m far from the first person to point out the recent revival of analogue...

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The afterlife of stories: The art and ambiguity of literary retellings

Love, betrayal, justice, jealousy: these are timeless themes, woven into the human experience for...

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What books do professors of different subjects read?

In discussion of ‘the great man theory’, Professor Dominic Scott discussed his recent reading...

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Rewind: Apollo 18 & 13

Ollie Johnson analogically rewinds back to Apollo 18 and 13 with style

Profile: Marina & The Diamonds

Emmanuelle Soffe talks synaesthesia and self-searching with Marina and the Diamonds.

Preview: Coriolanus

Matt Roberts loves Roman politics, and you should too

Luminaries: William Shatner

Dan Minister looks back on the career of William Shatner

We fought a war for this

Dan Minister wishes he'd never seen Dad's Army

Astounding concept, flawed execution

Matt Roberts has a lot of fun with the Imps, despite some technical hitches

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 4

Steve Wright enjoys the British weather

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Ben Ray goes to Cornmarket Street

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 2

Mary Ann Clark thinks about the concept of home, looking back and the prospect of arrival

Warhol in fresh light

Surya Bowyer reviews the Ashmolean’s Andy Warhol exhibition.

Pyrotechnics, Smoke and Mirrors

Matt Roberts is exciting for a Phantom of the Opera packed full of wizardry

William Shakespeare and the year of Lear

Timothy Wade finds James Shapiro overestimates the Bard

Is This Art? The X Factor

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Charlie Willis strays into the realms of performance art and takes on the X factor