Monday 1st September 2025

Culture

The Oxford Revue at the Fringe

★★★⯨✰ Returning for their 62nd annual pilgrimage to the Edinburgh Fringe, the Oxford Revue rolled into town with their new sketch comedy hour For Revue Dollars More, accompanied nightly by...
Culture Leon Moorhouse -

Academia is hell, literally: R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’

R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis touches on a range of near-universal academic experiences: impostor syndrome; frantic,...
Books Charlie Stevens -

Oxford Commas at the Fringe – Interview

The Oxford Commas are a contemporary gender-inclusive a capella group who had their Fringe...
Culture Lara Machado -

‘Aca-demic Weapons’ at the Fringe: Oxford Commas Review

★★★★☆ A capella groups from Oxford have long been favourites at the Edinburgh Fringe, with...
Culture Alexander Kwon -
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Interview: Netsky

Nick Byrne discovers what makes drum and bass legend Netsky tick

Cine-theatre: when worlds collide

Frederick Wienand admires the accessibility of theatre on-screen

“We’re all stories, in the end”

Anna Zanetti is wonder-struck by The Story Museum’s ‘26 Characters’

Reviewing Gerhard Richter’s abstract art

Paul Ostwald finds the lights, reflections and chromatic play as fascinating as the artist himself

Preview: Jerusalem

Fergus Morgan gets an sneak preview of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which comes to the Keble O'Reilly in 4th Week

Review: The Pillowman

Bethan Roberts reviews Rough-Hewn's production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman

Picks of the Week MT14 Wk3

Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events

Milestones: Sin

Isaac Goodwin looks at the origins of our concept of sin

Sin City: graphic in more than one way

Fergus Morgan discusses the enduring appeal of Frank Miller’s neo-noir comic book series

Review: Bouncers

Luke Howarth is only moderately amused by this unconvincing commentary on Britain's nightlife

Review: Welcome To The Parish Of Cummerbund-upon-Tweed

Tom Carter enjoys this immersive satire on the small-minded glory of parochial England

Review: Kindness – Otherness

Lewis Barnes is left underwhelmed by the new Kindness record

Q&A with Joanna Hogg

Tom Barrie was impressed with filmmaker Joanna Hogg's eloquence in OBA's Q&A at Oriel College

Preview: Hacked Off Films presents: Sin City

Tom Barrie talks to Hacked Off Films co-founder Edd Elliott about Hacked Off's upcoming immersive screening of Robert Rodriguez's Sin City.

Review: Fury

Cody Gifford finds Brad Pitt's latest outing entertaining, if contrived and devoid of a deeper significance

Where Are They Now: The Sugarhill Gang

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to

Review: Kele Okereke — Trick

Kele is up to his old trick(s)

Review: Afternoons — Say Yes

Clare Saxby is unimpressed by this nostalgic Americana

Review: Dope Body — Lifer

Nile Collins reviews Dope Body's new album

Interview: Southern

Clare Saxby chats to rising stars Southern about their upcoming album
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