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...
Art Morien Robertson -

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

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

Recorded theatre: The oxymoron of the prerecorded-live production

"Are we witnessing the downfall of the priority of ‘LIVE’ theatre?"
Culture Clemmie Ewins -
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Review: Field Music – Commontime

Field Music move on to mature indie in their new album

Culture Corner: ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’

Bex Watson examines the exquisite artistry of ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, by The Darkness

Maybe darkness ain’t too bad

Thomas Hornigold muses on the human obsession with escaping darkness

Preview: Heavy Petting (Oxford Revue)

Matt Roberts urges you to go and be heavily petted

Preview: Amour

The International Rameau Ensemble brings French Baroque to Oxford on 6th February

Spooky Sets and Stuffed Cats: Ben Travers’ Aldwych Farces

Jack Bradfield looks at the neglected playwright Ben Travers in the run up to the appearance of 'Thark' next week

Spotlight: lip service to modernity

Matt Roberts is frustrated by gimmicks and hashtags from a director who should know better

Constellations: Preview

Richard Birch hopes the stars align for this compelling adaptation

The Union’s Holy Trinity

A look ahead to the three stellar speakers at the Union next week

The Bible — an overlooked literary skeleton key

Harriette Drew explains why we need scripture to understand literature

Is This Art? My Carpet

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

Poetry Bites – HT 1

This week Athol Williams thinks about theories

Berlin, Bowie, and the wall

Ben Ray talks memory and motivation with the author Rory MacLean

The Brand New Victorians

Olivia Sung discusses the current trends in BBC adaptations

Ambiguities of Justice

Tom Holker is chilled by Netflix’s Making a Murderer

Luminaries: Oliver Stone

Daniel Minister looks at one of Hollywood's most political directors

Preview: Rent

Matt Roberts is wowed by the scale and passion of this production

Mozart’s Figaro and soft-boiled eggs

Sophie Jordan attends the Viennese New Year concert

Review: Shinedown – Threat to Survival

Ahead of their UK Carnival of Madness tour, Sophie Jordan finds Shinedown's latest album disappointing

Raw, daring, sultry: ‘Twisted R&B’

Bryony Harris heralds the re-issue of Kelela’s 2013 “Twisted R&B” Cut 4 Me
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