Thursday 28th August 2025

Culture

‘Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? is a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through the apocalypse. After a 'catastrophic' magnitude 1-ish earthquake, the dead are reanimated, unleashing a zombie outbreak....

‘Timestamp’ at the Fringe: Existing in the ‘now’

★★★★☆ Timestamp is a part-theremin, part-dance exploration of womanhood, expectation, and time. Brought to the...

Architectural and religious fusions in Andalusia and Oxford

Oxford is a city deeply entwined with religion. With the first of its colleges...

‘HOLE IN THE WALL L’HOPITAL’ at Fringe

★★★☆☆ Everything I write ends up being about grief – I suppose this review only...

Review: Wakolda

Although not a great Nazi thriller, Wakolda still finds purpose in examining the trauma of growing up

Interview: The Pillowman

Fergus Morgan chats to the team behind the 3rd Week production of The Pilowman at the Oxford Playhouse

The cult of celebrity in the world of art

Naomi Polonsky examines the changing concept of The Artist in society throughout the ages

Milestones: The Bohemian Myth

Isaac Goodwin looks at the rise of the ramshackle artist

Review: A Walk Among The Tombstones

This noir cop drama is lifted from derivative to average only by Liam Neeson's gravelly performance

Friends – Looking back 20 years later

On its 20th Anniversary, Anna Corderoy reflects on the sitcom that captured hearts all over the world

The men in black: Life as an usher

Think being an usher is the 'easiest job in the world'? Think again. Kenny Dada reveals the trials and tribulations of working on front-of-house.

Review: The Riot Club

The Riot Club's potential only leaves the actual end product feeling all the more lukewarm and confused

Review: Magic in the Moonlight

Though not a classic, this is a charming and funny addition to the Woody Allen canon

Review: Night Moves

Kelly Reichardt's ecopolitical thriller fails to live up to the promise of its premise

Review: alt-J – This Is All Yours

Clare Saxby is taken in by the subtleties of this impressive sequel

Review: A Most Wanted Man

Tom Barrie ruminates on the final work of the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman

Better than Spielberg? Non-directors who could be great

Tom Barrie takes a hypothetical look at the best directors yet to actually make a movie

Review: Bestival 2014

Matt Broomfield discovers fancy dress, orange smoothies and disco spirit at the Isle of Wight's annual festival.

Preview: OxfordOxford Festival

Cherwell looks ahead at the inaugural run of a brand new festival based right here in South Park, which hopes to become a permanent fixture to the festival circuit

Review: Two Days, One Night

Marion Cotillard shines as the star of this socially conscious tale of the realities of the current employment system

Another modernised Othello, why not?

Having seen Frantic Assembly's production of Othello several years ago, Katherine Cowles argues that it's vibrancy will be well worth seeing this autumn at the Oxford Playhouse

Sziget 2014: Hungary’s answer to Glastonbury?

Kayleigh Tompkins and Charlotte Porter-Hope discover 'The Island of Freedom' .

What film/TV programme is your college?

If you've ever wondered where your college would fit into the world of the big or small screen, look no further.

Review: Reading Festival 2014

Tom Barrie pretends to be sixteen again and reviews the highs and lows of this year's Reading Festival.

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