Tuesday 8th July 2025

Culture

‘Pour summer in a glass’: retracing Dandelion Wine

“You did not hear them coming. You hardly heard them go. The grass bent down, sprang up again. They passed like cloud shadows downhill ... the boys of summer,...

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

Where Are They Now: Nickelback

The only Canadians more annoying than Justin Bieber

Review: Kyla La Grange – Cut Your Teeth

Clare Saxby reviews the hypnotic new release by Kyla La Grange

Review: Sleep Party People – Floating

The third studio album by Danish rabbit enthusiast Brian Batz gets reviewed by Rushabh Haria

Review: Clean Bandit – New Eyes

Clean Bandit draw upon the sound of the greats on latest album New Eyes

Interview: Osymyso

Helen Thomas chats to the man who immortalised the Pat and Peggy EastEnders catfight

Top 3… Transformations

Luke Barratt looks at some of the finest cultural depictions of metamorphosis

Milestones: David Bowie

Emma Simpson explores Bowie's many faces, and his influence on modern culture

Turn and face the gendered transformations

Ollie Nicholls considers fairy-tale endings and transforming to 'get the guy'

Live Review: Arcade Fire (London)

Arcade Fire win back the trust of their diehard fans following the release of disco inspired record Reflektor

Review: Jumpy

Clare Saxby isn't exactly jumping for joy at this production

Review: Frankenstein

Will Yeldham is impressed by this literary adaptation for stage

Review: Voyage of the Narwhal

Fergus Morgan is tickled pink by this comedy trio

Loading the Canon: Flashman

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights George MacDonald Frazer's loveable rogue

Beyond amphetamine-fuelled parties and silk screen prints

Joel Nelson encounters a previously unseen side of Andy Warhol and his creative genius

Interview: Martin Brown

Xin Fan meets the Horrible Histories illustrator to reminisce about the iconic children's book series and cartooning past and present

Review: Edge of Tomorrow

Tom Barrie is impressed by Tom Cruise's new action-adventure escapade

The cinema of Kelly Reichardt

Matthew Main on the champion of American Indie Cinema

The absence of light: American TV in its post-Golden Age

Sophia Lambton looks at how American television is taking itself too seriously at the expense of its sense of humour

Where are they now: Steps

It was a feeble attempt at a Christmas comeback that put the last nail in the coffin for this 00s pop band

Review: Conor Oberst – Upside Down Mountain

Thomas Barrie reviews the latest release by folk artist Conor Oberst

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