Saturday 23rd August 2025

Culture

‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’

Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe after a successful run in New York City by Emilee Lord and Karen...

Architectural and religious fusions in Andalusia and Oxford

Oxford is a city deeply entwined with religion. With the first of its colleges...

‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only...

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine,...

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

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

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