Culture

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Books Manya Singh -

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.

Culture Cherwell Fashion -

Seeped in nostalgia: ‘Things I Know To Be True’ reviewed

Lighthouse Productions' 'Things I Know to Be True' had high expectations to meet. Put frankly, they nailed it.

Culture Charlie Bailey -

Milestones: Dancing in the Street

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull discusses why Mick Jagger and David Bowie’s hit cover ‘Dancing in the Street’ (1985) is a landmark of cultural stagnation

In Defence of: The Holiday

Anthony Maskell calls Nancy Meyer's holiday rom-com a feel good guilty pleasure

Preview: Festivals 2015

Kieran Vaghela takes you through the highs and lows of this summer's line up

Shuffling on the page: the perils of dance notation

Beatrice Liese explores the development and difficulties of recording movement without a camera

Review: Mariah Carey – #1 to Infinity

Sam Joyce is wary of this rehash of greatest hits

Pre-drinks and petticoats: the ceilidh in modern society

Trina Wilson smashes all the stereotypes and lays the truth about traditional Scottish dancing

Review: Brandon Flowers: The Desired Effect

Jamie Heredge is wowed by Brandon Flower's second solo attempt

Interview: Young Fathers

Ben Murphy chats with ‘G’ Hastings, from the Mercury Prize-winning band

Review: Phoenix

The Hitchcock-esque Phoenix leaves Toby Scadding feeling conflicted

Review: Unfriended

Thomas Jackson logs into Unfriended's vision of the communications age

In Defence Of: The Canyons

Sam Joyce argues to free this Lindsay Lohan vehicle from its trainwreck reputation

OBA’s Easter Screening Recap

Mark Barclay recaps Oxford Broadcasting Association’s Easter Film Screening

Picks of the Week TT15 Week 5

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

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