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Books you can’t sink your teeth into: A brief look into unsolvable manuscripts
If there’s one thing that most people appreciate, it’s a good mystery with a clever solution. It is no accident that Agatha Christie is listed as the Guinness World...
Review: Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective
Will Heaven Fall on Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective, which aired in cinemas this...
Has the romantic comedy lost its charm?
The romantic comedy genre is often criticised for its overreliance on tropes. The romcom...
Palimpsest
This is a secular city, built on holy bones.
We’re on the edge of another...
2024 was for the girls: The rapid success of female artists
The last nine months of pop can perhaps be summed up in one word:...
Constellations: Preview
Richard Birch hopes the stars align for this compelling adaptation
The Union’s Holy Trinity
A look ahead to the three stellar speakers at the Union next week
The Bible — an overlooked literary skeleton key
Harriette Drew explains why we need scripture to understand literature
Is This Art? My Carpet
With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art and Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Naomi Gee takes on her carpet
Poetry Bites – HT 1
This week Athol Williams thinks about theories
Berlin, Bowie, and the wall
Ben Ray talks memory and motivation with the author Rory MacLean
The Brand New Victorians
Olivia Sung discusses the current trends in BBC adaptations
Ambiguities of Justice
Tom Holker is chilled by Netflix’s Making a Murderer
Luminaries: Oliver Stone
Daniel Minister looks at one of Hollywood's most political directors
Preview: Rent
Matt Roberts is wowed by the scale and passion of this production
Mozart’s Figaro and soft-boiled eggs
Sophie Jordan attends the Viennese New Year concert
Review: Shinedown – Threat to Survival
Ahead of their UK Carnival of Madness tour, Sophie Jordan finds Shinedown's latest album disappointing
Raw, daring, sultry: ‘Twisted R&B’
Bryony Harris heralds the re-issue of Kelela’s 2013 “Twisted R&B” Cut 4 Me
The kids are more than alright
Morgan Harries asks what the focus for young overachievers means for us
