Friday 24th April 2026

Culture

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably not. At the time, I thought that the chaotic lives of the characters were what...

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

‘People are so hungry to create together’: Lisa Ko on going analogue, crafting, and writing the future

It’s 11:02am in New York when Lisa Ko appears on the video call. In Oxford, the sun is almost down.

Weather forecast: rain doo-wops

Daniel Kodsi disagrees with the complacency of M. Ward's eighth album More Rain

Review: C Duncan at the Old Fire Station

Ellen Peirson-Hagger experiences a taste of geeky indie rock

Taking Notes

Theophilus Kwek reviews Oxford’s fortnightly literature and art magazine

Preview: Rape of Lucretia

Matt Roberts and Ellie Gomes are excited for this bold new production

EDM, MJ and fresh-faced success

Dutch DJ Martin Garrix takes on the Oxford Guild

Rewind: Innocence of Muslims

Tristan Upton looks back to 2012 to discuss the simplification of tragedy by journalists

Rare books need to be read

John Ryan extols engagement and investment in college collections

Culture Corner: Lady Gaga

Priya Khaira-Hanks shouts back at the sanitisation of rape culture

Is This Art? Lynton Crosby

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Naomi Gee takes on Lynton Crosby

Poetry Bites: HT16 week 6

This week Miriam Gordis explores the concept of paradise

The Art of Our Time

Surya Bowyer looks at Pembroke College’s new exhibition

Preview: The Marriage of Kim K

A post-modern adaptation of the classic comic opera

Review: The Somme Battlefield — The top 20 places to visit

Caitlin Law reviews Ruaraidh Adams-Cairns battlefield guide and explores the Somme from a personal angle

InstaUgly: behind the beauty

Rachel Evans discusses the darker side of Instagram, and where it leads us

The reprobate we love to loathe

Alexander Walker looks at Hunter S Thompson and the dirty honesty of gonzo journalism

Review: Sarah Blasko – Eternal Return

Sophie Jordan is far from thrilled by Sarah Blasko's love-centred new album

Review: Tame Impala at Ally Pally

Alex Oscroft witnesses a trippy, yet not wholly ambitious, set from the psych-rockers

“It has to do with air molecules and shit”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks gig etiquette with Aidan Knight

Small festivals attracting big names

Daniel Curtis considers this summer's festival offerings

"Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, right?"

Shami Chakrabarti, once dubbed ‘the most dangerous woman in Britain’, addresses the Oxford Guild about her book, On Liberty

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