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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.
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Cherwell Festival Guide II- Reading and Leeds

Unfortunately, Cherwell Music cannot literally hold your hand as you drunkenly stumble around a cider tent somewhere in the home counties to the sound of a thrash metal Mumford & Sons tribute act. But we can guide you through the highs and lows of the British festival season, and help you to separate your Glastonbury from your Glamorgan & District Annual Cub Scout Jamboree.

Cherwell Festival Guide I – Bestival

Unfortunately, Cherwell Music cannot literally hold your hand as you drunkenly stumble around a cider tent somewhere in the home counties to the sound of a thrash metal Mumford & Sons tribute act. But we can guide you through the highs and lows of the British festival season, and help you to separate your Glastonbury from your Glamorgan & District Annual Cub Scout Jamboree.

Cherwell’s #1 Summer Playlist

It's that time of year again, and as always, Cherwell has you fully prepared (although you may want to invest in an umbrella).

Review: Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco is a saccharine mess of a film that is utterly unengaging in every respect

Review: Maleficent

Anna Corderoy finds this a confused effort that doesn't really know what it wants to achieve

Think on your sins, the apocalypse is nigh!

Since the Cold War, we've been blaming ourselves for the end of the world, observes Luke Barratt

Top 3… Cliffhangers

Emma Simpson lists three jaw-dropping conclusions

Milestones: The Berlin Wall

Jack Doyle looks at the fall of the Berlin Wall and its cultural impact

Failed Novelists: the epitome of unselfconscious cool

Isaac Goodwin and Joel Nelson talk anthologies and collaborations with the Failed Novelists President

Review: Othello

Luke Barratt enjoys an excellent evening of outdoor Shakespeare

Review: Back To The Excellent Hot Tub Time Machine

Libby Wicks questions the excellence of this hot tub time machine

Live Review: Drenge

Helen Thomas compares the sound of Drenge to treacle.

Review: R&J

Lisa Bernhardt heralds the challenging of gender norms in this production of Shakespeare's classic

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
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