Culture

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...

Art Richard Kuehl -

Film photography: How I went from believer to skeptic

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

Art Richard Kuehl -

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...

Books Saskia Maini -

What books do professors of different subjects read?

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

Books Harriet Breakey -

The eternal Hugh Grant clone

Priya Khaira-Hanks scrutinises the draining repetition of the straight white male

Ai Weiwei at the RA: drudgery revitalised

George Haggett discusses Weiwei’s exhibition and his subversion of everyday mundanity

Rewind: Newton Faulkner

Tom Barrie rewinds to the birth of an artist as sickly sweet as his heritage

Culture Corner: Hysteria, T.S. Eliot

Bex Watson thinks T.S. Eliot does a pretty good job narrating the eternal self-consciousness of society

Is This Art? ‘Stronger Looks Better Naked’

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 takes on KhloÃ© Kardashian's new book

Artistic craftsmanship in the 21st century?

Ruth Spencer Jolly on the enduring power of craftsmanship

A bit of grit in a sea of subfusc

Naomi Gee interviews the poet Luke Wright before his upcoming show at the North Wall theatre

Review: David Bowie – Blackstar

Sophie Jordan examines Bowie's final, enigmatic release

Does loss lead to a better album?

Losing the band front man can be a disaster or it can drive creative renewal

Review: Hinds – Leave Me Alone

Ellen Peirson-Hagger finds Hinds' debut album full of energy

Eliza and the Bear prep themselves for 2016

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks Bieber and Nashville with Eliza and Bear guitarist Martin Dukelow

Review: The Changing of the Guard

Matt Roberts wishes this production had been given a little more space to breathe

RICKMAN

Our tribute to one of the greatest actors of our age

A Language of Arrival

Theophi Kwek reflects on Sarah Howe's win of the 2015 TS Eliot Prize

The impenetrable persona of David Bowie

Sarah Lynch muses on Bowie and the reaction to his death

CINEMATRIX: HT16 0th week

Cherwell Film & TV's weekly bulletin, bringing you all that's hot in Hollywood

Review: less than elementary?

Hannah Foxton considers the highs and lows of the BBC's 'Sherlock' special

Review: a view from ‘The Bridge’

Jack Schofield is impressed by a stunning series 3 (with spoilers ahead)

All spectacle, no substance

For Surya Bowyer, Quentin Tarantino's latest venture fails to live up to its hype

Ain’t that just like him? A tribute to David Bowie

Songs from a Starman

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