Saturday 28th March 2026

Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Review: Young Fathers – Dead

The debut album from the Edinburgh hip hop group perpetually casts off all expectations.

Culture Editorial: Inside Llewyn Davies

Evy Cavalla gets inside Inside Llewyn Davies

Letter From… Beijing

Beijing's weirdos aren't so weird, says Stefan Harvey

Cherwell Culture Tries… Slam Poetry

Matt Broomfield is won over by a slamtastic bunch of poets

Preview: Chess the Musical

Kathryn Bennett enjoys an exciting tale of love and betrayal

Preview: The Oxford Imps

Alex Baugh celebrates ten years of comedy genius

Live Blog: Tommy Wiseau visits the Oxford Union

Max Long reports from the Union on the director's visit to the Union, of 'The Room' fame

Review: Pitchfork Disney

Jack Saville is impressed by an exploration of the dark allure of the grotesque

Review: In Her Eyes

Georgina Wilson is transfixed by a tragic and intimate musical

Interview: Nir Paldi

Naomi Polonsky chats to the creator of a new musical that tackles terror with cross-dressing and cabaret

Preview: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Vicky Holley praises the ambition of the new O’Reilly show

Preview: Semi-Monde

Catherine Shafto looks forward to a play guaranteed to dispel fifth week blues

Review: Normal

Alex Woolley is explains why the title of this play is an apt review

Letter from…Nice

This week Cherwell receives insights into the trains, buses and suitors of the Côte d'Azur

Culture Editorial: Artwork Unfolding at a Glacial Pace

A look at the works of art that seek to put the length of our lives into perspective

Cherwell Culture tries…Grand Theft Auto V

Matt Broomfield fails in his career as a violent criminal

Review: Simon Jay

Ben Horton is underwhelmed by this overambitious comedy

Review: Tartuffe

Anna Corderoy enjoys this fresh attempt at a well-known story

Review: Lone Survivor

Peter Berg's passion project poses as a thoughtful film about warfare, yet is ultimately a dumb nationalistic action-movie

12 Years A Slave – A Holocaust Narrative?

Josh Dolphin considers the cinematic precedents for McQueen's Oscar contender

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