Friday 13th June 2025

Culture

The cantatas of Bach with New Chamber Opera

Recently, students from the University of Oxford have blessed the city with several performances of cantatas by the great Johann Sebastian Bach. On Wednesday 7th May, the Orchestra of...

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...

The Journal of a Chambermaid: The greatest novel you’ve never heard of

It is easy to suppose that the greatest authors of the 19th century have...

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

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

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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

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