Saturday, May 31, 2025

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...

Film photography: How I went from believer to sceptic

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

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...

What books do professors of different subjects read?

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

Soundtrack review: Star Wars VII, The Force Awakens

Sophie Jordan takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of John Williams’ music after the film’s first — and globally successful — month in cinemas.

Review: Table for None

Patrick Mulholland sends his compliments to the chef.

Legends of the Screen: Sidney Poitier

Patrick Oisin Mulholland recalls the cinematic contributions of one of Hollywood's finest and most beloved stars.

CINEMATRIX: HT16 -0th week

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

Whodunnit? More like, who didn’t?

Olivia suggests that the tick-tock tension of 'And Then There Were None' is an eerie study in guilty until proven guilty

"He’s an Oxford man, you know"

How Endeavour Season 3 fuses university myth to literary legend

A View From the Cheap Seat

The Stage section reports on the rumoured corporate takeover of Cherwell's weekly theatre preview show

5 Things I Would Rather Do Than Read Rilke

As it has reached the time at which all linguists start next term's reading list, Naomi Gee ponders the many joys of reading Rilke.

Top 10 albums of 2015

An (un)official guide to the albums that should have been gracing your turntable this year

Fairy tale of the empty village

Simran Uppal gives us pause for thought this Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas I guess

The Culture team wish you a very tepid Christmas

Have yourself a Dickensian little Christmas

Amidst this period of festive chaos, Charlie Willis discusses the enduring, seasonal importance of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Review — Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Ollie Johnson sheds light on the burdens and expectations placed upon the latest film in the Star Wars franchise

Is This Art? The Selfie

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

Twas the night before Christmas

Naomi Gee offers a poetical parody of the Oxford work ethic

11 ways Oxford is a little bit like Star Wars

Film & TV take a look at some of the striking, and not so striking, similarities between Oxford and Star Wars

Out of the Blue Christmas cover: a playful wonder

Oxford's all-male a cappella group go all-out in their video for 'Santa Baby'

Female country singers: The voices we need to hear

Emily Beswick advocates the home-grown lyrics of female country stars

On Speaking Together

Theophilus Kwek reflects on a term of collaborations at the Oxford University Poetry Society

Top 10 Christmas cover songs

Ellen Peirson-Hagger picks out the best ten Christmas covers to liven up your festive playlist

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