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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:...
Cuppers in Retrospect
Richard Birch and Matt Roberts cut their editorial teeth on cuppers
The eternal Hugh Grant clone
Priya Khaira-Hanks scrutinises the draining repetition of the straight white male
Ai Weiwei at the RA: drudgery revitalised
George Haggett discusses Weiwei’s exhibition and his subversion of everyday mundanity
Rewind: Newton Faulkner
Tom Barrie rewinds to the birth of an artist as sickly sweet as his heritage
Culture Corner: Hysteria, T.S. Eliot
Bex Watson thinks T.S. Eliot does a pretty good job narrating the eternal self-consciousness of society
Is This Art? ‘Stronger Looks Better Naked’
With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Charlie Willis takes on Khloé Kardashian's new book
Artistic craftsmanship in the 21st century?
Ruth Spencer Jolly on the enduring power of craftsmanship
A bit of grit in a sea of subfusc
Naomi Gee interviews the poet Luke Wright before his upcoming show at the North Wall theatre
Review: David Bowie – Blackstar
Sophie Jordan examines Bowie's final, enigmatic release
Does loss lead to a better album?
Losing the band front man can be a disaster or it can drive creative renewal
Review: Hinds – Leave Me Alone
Ellen Peirson-Hagger finds Hinds' debut album full of energy
Eliza and the Bear prep themselves for 2016
Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks Bieber and Nashville with Eliza and Bear guitarist Martin Dukelow
Review: The Changing of the Guard
Matt Roberts wishes this production had been given a little more space to breathe
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Our tribute to one of the greatest actors of our age
