Wednesday 10th June 2026

Culture

‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

Fundamentally, The Harrowing of Hell.26 is a finely acted, well-produced play which was enjoyable enough to watch, but its conclusion is unsatisfying.

Circadian Renaissance

Clara Leonard Davies writes about the beauty of summer light and the memories that we associate it with.

YA Thrills: Escapism and disguise

An issue that has been encountered by authors since the dawn of time, perhaps one that feels too obvious to even state, is that some readers will not enjoy their books.

The death of the male novelist or the birth of the feminist?

The death of the male novelist, as a concept exaggerated by the dramaticisms of its name, fails to stand up under investigation.

Review: Richard Parker

Emily Holman reviews Poor Players Productions' dark and hilarious new show

Review: What We Did On Our Holiday

Inspired by the BBC's Outnumbered, What We Did On Our Holiday manages to keep to just the right side of soppy, writes Anthony Maskell

Voices from the Past: J. R. R. Tolkien

Hear the 'Lord of the Rings' author speak the lines from his famous poem 'One Ring to Rule Them All'

Walking the Old Ways with Robert MacFarlane

Max Long discusses landscape, people and place with Robert MacFarlane, author of The Old Ways

Review: Whiplash

Jennie Han is impressed with the unrelenting, staccato rhythm of Whiplash

Review: Enemy

Anthony Maskell thinks that Enemy is a film of Orwellian paranoia and bleak isolation

Preview: Richard Parker

Christian Amos gets an inside look at this exciting new play

Review: Into the Woods

Aimee Kwan is spellbound by Into the Woods’ big-screen adaptation

Review: Testament of Youth

Naomi Morris Omori appreciates Testament of Youth’s searing poignancy

John Williams’ Stoner: ahead of its time

50 years on, Rose Sykes asks why this book was forgotten

Rembrandt: The late works at the National Gallery

Mark Barclay feels that the paintings of the Dutch master strike a powerful chord

New term, new Audrey

Bethan Roberts checks out this term's first comedic offering

Barbarism begins: Meat is Murder at thirty

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull looks back at a classic album from The Smiths

Preview: The Dumb Waiter

Fay Watson gets the low-down on this production of a Harold Pinter classic

Review: Belle and Sebastian-Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull finds himself underwhelmed by two-thirds of the band's ninth album

Review: Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

Aidan Clark reviews the latest album from the experimental musician and co-founding member of Animal Collective

Review: Death Grips – Fashion Week

Henry Bruce-Jones reviews the latest surprise offering from the supposedly no longer together experimental hip hop group

Picks of the Week HT15 Week 2

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

Milestones: Edward Bond’s Saved

Fergus Morgan examines the monstrosity of violence in Edward Bond's controversial work

Frankenstein, Godzilla and now Norman Foster

Ollie Johnson decries the monstrous state of our modern city skylines

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