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‘A team of criers’: Behind-the-scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...

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Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...

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“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...

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On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important...

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The Smiths: Then and Now

30 years on, Cherwell examines the legacy of The Smiths' self-titled album

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Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews Morrisey’s new album.

Review: Laurence Clark: Moments of Instant Regret

Rose Sykes find this Edinburgh Preview hilariously close to the bone

Cheltenham Music Festival: A page turner’s view

Joseph Fell takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Cheltenham Music Festival.

Review: Grand Central

Rebecca Zlotowski's film about forbidden love treads beyond just illicit romance and tackles identity, appearance and loyalty

Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Robots, sparks and cars all combine to create an incomparably lazy monstrosity

Review: Sex Tape

Lacking severely in humour, Sex Tape is left to fester in its own awkward and unfunny squalor

A day on the set of a student film: Waterbird/Catkins

We spent the day with the crew of two student films being shot in Oxford, to see what the best of the amateur film scene has to offer

Interview: Regis Philbin

Cody Gifford sits down with Regis Philbin.

Review: Njal’s Saga

Andrew McLean finds Marquez in Medieval Iceland

OOTB charity single gets Shakira seal of approval

Out of the Blue’s charity single, ‘Hips Don’t Lie,’ plugged by Shakira

Review: Monty Python Live (mostly)

Are they the messiahs, or just very naughty boys? The verdict is in.

Review: Skylight

Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy star in this timely revival of David Hare's 1995 work

Review: Marina AbramoviÄ‡, 512 Hours

Naomi Polonsky experiences performance art history in the making

Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Though the simian performances ultimately carry the title, Planet of the Apes is ironically let down by its lacklustre and comparatively bland human characters