Thursday 11th September 2025

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...
Books Lara Machado -

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...
Art Antonia Rogers -

The Blue Trail: review

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...
Culture Lara Machado -

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...
Books Hannah Becker -
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Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events

Review: Far From the Madding Crowd

Hannah Congdon gets lost amongst the wild landscapes of this new adaption of the Hardy classic

Milestones: Punk

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull discusses the life and death of the punk scene and its rebellion against popular rock and roll in the late seventies.

The rise of the dead: taxidermy gets a new lease of life

Morgan Harries considers a renaissance in the beautifully grotesque world of stuffed animals

Buried treasure: why do museums hide gems?

Helen Thomas discusses the Victoria and Albert Museum and hidden artefacts in its collections

Review: The Real Thing

A triumph for garden postmodernity

Review: String of Pearls

Henner Petin deciphers a net of 27 characters

PC Music: why the hype?

John Shulman explains why this music label is important

Top 5 songs to mourn/celebrate the election result

Rachael Griffith takes you through some party songs, whatever your reaction to the result

Review: Hop Along – Painted Shut

Rachael Griffith is enthralled by this innovative album

Review: Tallest Man on Earth – Dark Bird is Home

Matt Myers is impressed by this new introspective album

The most contentious exhibition in Britain?

Emmanuelle Soffe visits Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art

Review: Passion

Patrick Oisin Mulholland is impressed by this slick production

Review: Snoop Dog – Bush

Sam Joyce is delighted to see Snoop and Pharrell reunited

Review: I Nominate

A promising premise missing direction

Review: Killing Hitler

Paul Ostwald is impressed but exhausted by Oxford's German play

Preview: Medea

Patrick Oisin Mulholland is transported by this ancient tragedy

Don’t Mind The Gap

Henner Petin encounters poetry and its translational trap

Review: Beachcombing

Mark Barclay is entranced by this reflective studio play

In Defence Of: Jennifer’s Body

Sam Joyce defends Megan Fox's quasi-feminist horror-comedy
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