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.

The endurance of the Queen of Crime

Charlie Atkins ponders what it is about Agatha Christie that we still love

Rewind: Peter Blake & Under Milk Wood

Ben Ray examines the psychedelic darkness of Peter Blake’s Under Milk Wood

Interview: Jon Ronson

Charlie Willis talks shame with the author and journalist Jon Ronson

JD Weaver: Changing perceptions

JD Weaver talks to Sophie Jordan about discrimination in the music industry

Is Pixar Just For Children?

Jack Schofield suggests Pixar is just as much for grown-ups

Review: Mystery Jets – Curve of the Earth

The indie stalwarts' latest release impresses Rushabh Haria

Wall Street Revisited

Tom Barrie feels more left-wing after watching 'The Big Short'

Daughter rocks to fuzzy guitar serenity

Ellen Peirson-Hagger watches the London indie trio descend into a hazy stage mist

Review: The Fastest Clock in the Universe

Beckie Rutherford finds this production a little too 'in-yer-face' for her taste

Review: Field Music – Commontime

Field Music move on to mature indie in their new album

Culture Corner: ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’

Bex Watson examines the exquisite artistry of ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, by The Darkness

Maybe darkness ain’t too bad

Thomas Hornigold muses on the human obsession with escaping darkness

Preview: Heavy Petting (Oxford Revue)

Matt Roberts urges you to go and be heavily petted

Preview: Amour

The International Rameau Ensemble brings French Baroque to Oxford on 6th February

Spooky Sets and Stuffed Cats: Ben Travers’ Aldwych Farces

Jack Bradfield looks at the neglected playwright Ben Travers in the run up to the appearance of 'Thark' next week

Spotlight: lip service to modernity

Matt Roberts is frustrated by gimmicks and hashtags from a director who should know better

Constellations: Preview

Richard Birch hopes the stars align for this compelling adaptation

The Union’s Holy Trinity

A look ahead to the three stellar speakers at the Union next week

The Bible — an overlooked literary skeleton key

Harriette Drew explains why we need scripture to understand literature

Is This Art? My Carpet

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

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