Saturday 14th June 2025

Culture

Form, function, and art in the cultural weight of architecture

With roughly 55% of the world’s population living in cities, the urban world – the brainchild of architects – has become what most people recognise as home. Studies have...

The cantatas of Bach with New Chamber Opera

Recently, students from the University of Oxford have blessed the city with several performances...

Review: Crocodile Tears – ‘Techno-futuristic, but why?’

There is a lot to like about Natascha Norton’s Crocodile Tears. Female lead Elektra...

Review: ART – ‘Charm, jazz, and friendship at its wittiest’

ART is charming. Centred around long-time friends Yvan (Ronav Jain), Marcus (Rufus Shutter) and...

Preview: Thark

Ben Ray is quite literally spirited away by this hilarious 1920s haunted house farce

Is This Art?: Empty Lot

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 visits an actual art exhibition at an actual art gallery

A story of homecoming

Johnny Patterson looks at Rembrandt’s ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’

The endurance of the Queen of Crime

Charlie Atkins ponders what it is about Agatha Christie that we still love

Rewind: Peter Blake & Under Milk Wood

Ben Ray examines the psychedelic darkness of Peter Blake’s Under Milk Wood

Interview: Jon Ronson

Charlie Willis talks shame with the author and journalist Jon Ronson

JD Weaver: Changing perceptions

JD Weaver talks to Sophie Jordan about discrimination in the music industry

Is Pixar Just For Children?

Jack Schofield suggests Pixar is just as much for grown-ups

Review: Mystery Jets – Curve of the Earth

The indie stalwarts' latest release impresses Rushabh Haria

Wall Street Revisited

Tom Barrie feels more left-wing after watching 'The Big Short'

Daughter rocks to fuzzy guitar serenity

Ellen Peirson-Hagger watches the London indie trio descend into a hazy stage mist

Review: The Fastest Clock in the Universe

Beckie Rutherford finds this production a little too 'in-yer-face' for her taste

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

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