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.

Profile: Katie Hopkins

Akshay Bilolikar discusses Oxford, offensiveness and the Oscars with Katie Hopkins

Rewind: Ezra Pound

Bex Watson rewinds to Ezra Pound and is a tad guilty for liking him so much

Culture Corner: The Lobster

Rachael Kitson enjoys the squeaky clean cuteness of forbidden love

Slang: social ill or work of art?

Sarah Lynch scours away our inhibitions about the underside of language.

The Farm and the Container Store

Lael Hines invokes Christmas trees, containers and metal rods to create an alternative short story

A disturbing hymn for your weekend

Simran Uppal on the connotations of Coldplay's new music video

No matter the venue,“I just like to play”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks to folk singer Ryley Walker

Curating Oxford’s best musicians

The founders of Vulture Sessions discuss their plans for the future with Sophie Jordan

Review: Public Memory — Wuthering Drum

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is seduced by Public Memory's gritty electronica album

An odorous tone of graveness

Surya Bowyer has some qualms about the O'Reilly's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Review: The Fusion Project

Nihaar Shah is impressed by the virtuosity and skill of The Fusion Project

Interview: Amadeus

Alec Fullerton speaks to Lata Nobes, Artistic Director of Amadeus

Review: Constellations

Ellie Siora reflects on two actors and an infinity of loves

My Life on the Road

Sarah Lynch reviews Gloria Steinem’s new book

Picasso: Formalistic or Contextual?

Emmanuelle Soffe explores Picasso’s ‘Massacre in Korea’ with a formalist eye

Is This Art? Plate Convergences

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Anna Zanetti analyses the work of Theaster Gates

Review: Thark

Ben Ray is captivated by this innovative take on a little known 1920s farce

Profile: David Hasselhoff

Bex Watson discusses singing, slip-ups and salmon carbonara with David Hasselhoff

What is it like to be a badger?

Tom Hall speaks to the medical law tutor who lived as an animal for 15 years

Rewind: Freud and cucumbers

Mark Barclay talks about Freud and cucumbers and is generally a bit scary

Follow us