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A jarring Mann: ‘Fatherland’ (2026) in review

Fatherland, which recounts celebrated Modernist author Thomas Mann’s return to a Germany in wreck and rubble, deals with great personal malaise against a backdrop of great political unease.
Culture Freddie Lewis-Hedley -

Why does everyone like East of Eden so much?

A beautiful book, written in a determinedly readable style, is bound to become popular, not to mention the endless power of nostalgia.
Books Abigail Riley -

The return of the surreal 

Mythical, dreamlike, phantasmagorical, and absurd: Surrealism, which took the art world by storm in...
Art Sylvie Quick -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -
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Review: The Rover

A revelatory Robert Pattinson transforms this post-apocalyptic thriller into a nuanced and engaging character drama

Theatre etiquette: The response

Bethan Roberts makes the case for rowdier audiences at the nation's playhouses

Oxford’s culture vultures

Naomi Polonsky takes a look at Oxford alumni known for their cultural endeavours

Review: Dry The River – Alarms In The Heart

Luke Barratt is pleased with the Newbury rockers' difficult sophomore effort

Oxford’s literary ghosts

Naomi Polonsky takes a look at the fictional characters who attended, and perhaps still haunt, Oxford University

Review: The Giver

Cody Gifford delves into the societal implications of Jeff Bridges' novel adaptation, The Giver.

Review: Malevich at the Tate

Naomi Polonsky considers the importance of this Russian artist in 20th century art at the retrospective of his work

Review: The Inbetweeners 2

This second cinematic outing for the Inbetweeners gang does nothing new but still has its funny moments

Is Kickstarter’s time up?

Sam Joyce looks at whether Kickstarter is still a filmmaker's financial saviour.

Interview: Armie Hammer

The Winklevoss twin talks fatherhood, exorcisms and Tom Cruise with Cody Gifford

Review: Hercules

Luke Barratt enjoys Hollywood's latest quasi-classical offering

Review: Hide Your Smiling Faces

This tale of childhood and mortality tugs at the heart strings to hauntingly poetic effect

Review: Phox — Phox

Stephen Bradshaw reviews the sun-filled melting pot that is Phox's debut album

The Smiths: Then and Now

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

Review: Morrissey — World Peace is None of Your Business

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
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