Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Culture

Anselm Kiefer: Early Works Review

I still remember the first time I saw Anselm Kiefer’s work. I was in...

Review: Suddenly Last Summer – ‘Cannibalism, love, and lobotomies’

This week at the Burton Taylor Studio, a new rendition of Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly...

Recorded theatre: The oxymoron of the prerecorded-live production

"Are we witnessing the downfall of the priority of ‘LIVE’ theatre?"

An odorous tone of graveness

Surya Bowyer has some qualms about the O'Reilly's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Review: The Fusion Project

Nihaar Shah is impressed by the virtuosity and skill of The Fusion Project

Interview: Amadeus

Alec Fullerton speaks to Lata Nobes, Artistic Director of Amadeus

Review: Constellations

Ellie Siora reflects on two actors and an infinity of loves

My Life on the Road

Sarah Lynch reviews Gloria Steinem’s new book

Picasso: Formalistic or Contextual?

Emmanuelle Soffe explores Picasso’s ‘Massacre in Korea’ with a formalist eye

Is This Art? Plate Convergences

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Anna Zanetti analyses the work of Theaster Gates

Review: Thark

Ben Ray is captivated by this innovative take on a little known 1920s farce

Profile: David Hasselhoff

Bex Watson discusses singing, slip-ups and salmon carbonara with David Hasselhoff

What is it like to be a badger?

Tom Hall speaks to the medical law tutor who lived as an animal for 15 years

Rewind: Freud and cucumbers

Mark Barclay talks about Freud and cucumbers and is generally a bit scary

Culture Corner: Kafka on the Shore

Tom Barrie tenuously talks about cats whilst discussing Haruki Murakami

Japan has a lot to answer for

Benjamin Hyde claws against the common misconceptions of Japanese anime

Review: Choir of Young Believers – Grasque

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by the sensitivity in Choir of Young Believers' new album

This World Lousy: this musical not

Sophie Jordan on the innovative musical's ambiguities

How beneficial is music streaming?

Natalia Bus succumbs to the inevitability of online music

Spotlight: Why Monochrome?

Matt Roberts is tired of black and white

Better-meta-theatre

Richard Birch previews 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'

"I am back to save the universe"

Daniel Curtis investigates whether 2016 will be the year of Radiohead's comeback

Preview: Hyperdrive (Imps)

Matt Roberts is excited for improv and tech

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