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.

11 ways Oxford is a little bit like Star Wars

Film & TV take a look at some of the striking, and not so striking, similarities between Oxford and Star Wars

Out of the Blue Christmas cover: a playful wonder

Oxford's all-male a cappella group go all-out in their video for 'Santa Baby'

Female country singers: The voices we need to hear

Emily Beswick advocates the home-grown lyrics of female country stars

On Speaking Together

Theophilus Kwek reflects on a term of collaborations at the Oxford University Poetry Society

Top 10 Christmas cover songs

Ellen Peirson-Hagger picks out the best ten Christmas covers to liven up your festive playlist

Escher and the contradiction

Mark Barclay surveys the first ever Escher retrospective

The Death Of Art?: Turner Prize nominees 2015

An analysis of the 2015 Turner prize nominees and its increasingly tenuous definition of art.

Have you read the book yet?

Charlie Willis tiptoes over the social minefield of festive book-giving

Review: Bridge of Spies

Freddie Hopkinson reviews Steven Spielberg's latest film

Taking a journey with ‘Dart’

Ben Ray is swept away by the performance of this epic poem

Proximity: Review

Cherwell has a convert to contemporary dance

Oxford Revue XMAS party Review

Questionable postmodernity abound...

Review: Julius Caesar

One show, two reviewers. As in Rome, there can only be one...

Review: Onlife

Rose Taylor had an interesting encounter with an actor

Celebrity Children Restored my Faith in Humanity

Sam Joyce argues that we should leave procreation to those with DNA worth passing on.

Preview: Proximity

Mark Barclay tries to hide the fact he's a terrible dancer with fancy words

Milestones: Leonardo DiCaprio’s head

This week, Fintan Calpin looks at how DiCaprio’s utilisation of his own body parts has managed to keep him ahead in the movie industry

Don’t forget your Valuables

Henner Petin remembers puberty, or lack thereof

Freak: Ah…Puberty?

Rose Taylor applauds this intelligent take on sexuality

Top songs for your sex playlist

We know you have one - here are some choice tunes to suit any mood

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