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.

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

Is This Art? The Selfie

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

Twas the night before Christmas

Naomi Gee offers a poetical parody of the Oxford work ethic

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