Sunday 30th November 2025

Culture

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America

The ornate, Latinate vocabulary. The debates peppered with witticisms. The patrician air, the untraceable accent, the playful glint in his eyes.  William F. Buckley was arguably the most influential American...
Books Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -

‘Everything is constantly emotion’: An interview with the cast and crew of ‘Doctor Faustus’ 

Seabass Theatre has carved out a niche for itself producing original takes on canonical...
Culture Lara Machado -

Between performance and reality: ‘To What End?’ reviewed

To What End is a new meta-theatrical, absurdist play written by Billy Skiggs and...
Culture Beth Riding -

The day she died

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Review: Noah

Clare Saxby finds Noah impressively epic yet lacking in all other aspects

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Fergus Morgan finds Marvel's latest venture failing to fulfil the promise of it premise

Pokémon and changing media

Luke Barratt explores the recent changes in how we consume media, and examines the implications of Pokémon’s arrival on Netflix

Review: SOHN – Tremors

Luke Barratt finds SOHN's début shaky at best

Review: The Quiet Ones

This copy-cat horror flick is absolute garbage

Review: The Unknown Known

Errol Morris' new documentary is an astounding piece of work

Introduction to… Electro-Swing

Naomi Polonsky introduces us to the jazzy new music craze that's taking Babylove, Freud's and our iPods by storm

Review: New Worlds

Channel 4's new historical drama is clunky, clichéd and downright confusing

Review: The Double

Richard Ayoade's sophomore directing effort is a tantalising and arresting piece of work

Pre-Release Thoughts: The Maleficent Conundrum

Anna Corderoy considers the problems facing Disney's Sleeping Beauty 're-telling' starring Angelina Jolie

Kate Rundell wins the Waterstones Children’s book prize

Cherwell revisits an interview with the author as Rooftoppers wins the 10th Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

A ‘case’ for the Anglo-Saxons

Emma Simpson visits the British Museum’s refurbished Sutton Hoo gallery.

Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's latest film is a delightfully self-reflexive movie which demonstrates Ralph Fiennes hitherto untapped comic potential

Review: Under The Skin

There is a hauntingly austere beauty to 'Under The Skin', but some may not be able to sustain interest in this emotionally muted world.

Review: The Past

Asghar Farhadi's emotional drama once again proves his virtuosity as a film-maker

The Mighty Comeback

Inspired by Kate Bush's recent gig announcement, Rushabh Haria charts the highs and lows of artists who've come out of their career hiatus to make last ditch attempts at reclaiming the charts.

Don’t limit literature in prison

Why building books into an incentive and reward scheme is entirely counterproductive.

Review: Starred Up

Niamh McIntyre finds David Mackenzie's British prison drama to be a compelling and unflinching look at life behind bars

Printers and Presses

Isaac Goodwin takes a trip to the Bodleian’s historic presses with the Bibliophiles.

The Gods are in us: Kate Tempest

David McShane on why Tempest's epic spoken-word poetry is best seen live.
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