Culture

Let’s go to the movies: Fennec Fox Productions’ ‘The Flick’

After their staging of Company at the Oxford Playhouse earlier this term, Fennec Fox Productions are set to return next week with a run of The Flick (2013) at the Burton Taylor Studio.

Culture Beatrix Arnold -

A deeply Singaporean play: In conversation with ‘Late Company’

OUMSSA Theatre makes their debut with Jordan Tannahill’s Late Company. While the text originated in Canada, OUMSSA Theatre’s take on it is nonetheless entrenched in Singaporean culture.

Culture Jessica Phillips -

Why I only run to classical music, and you should too

I decided on a whim to put on Gershwin instead of my usual playlist. It was life changing.

Culture Evelyn Lambert -

Questioning the nation’s obsession with ‘Love Island’

Love Island’s formulations have begun to seem increasingly sinister. Last summer’s season (series twelve) saw a particularly high number of complaints.

Culture Charlie Bailey -

Review: The Dig

David McShane considers the poetic resonance of Cynan Jones' latest novel.

The trouble with Tarantino

Ollie Johnson charts the decline in the career of a past master

Review: Inside Llewyn Davis

James Martin suggests that the new Coen Brothers film is some of their best work, with a brilliant debut performance from Oscar Isaac

Review: 366 Days of Kindness

Emily Holman is moved by this plea for human kindness

Preview: Marriage of Figaro

Naomi Polonsky looks hopefully to the start of mainstream opera

Who Needs the Fourth Wall?

Georgina Wilson explains whats standing between Us and Them

Preview: 12 Angry Women

Sam Graydon enthusiastically looks ahead to this performance

Culture Editorial… Sochi Olympics

Evy Cavalla calls Putin's motives into question

Cherwell tries… Tap Dance

Tap lessons put a twinkle in Evy Cavalla's toes

Review: CAGE – Circus on Finnegan’s Wake

Lars Kilgars is pleasantly surprised by this performance of Cage's roatorio

Letter from… Canada

Tom Seal dishes the dirt on Canada's tar sands

Bargain Bin: Bruce Springsteen- Hammersmith Odeon London ’75

Cherwell trawls charity shops looking for musical bargains

Review: Alcest – Shelter

From deep-rooted black metal to post-rock liquid vocals, Joe Mankeltow explores the transition Alcest have made with new record, Shelter.

Review: Gem Club – In Roses

Rushabh studies the dream pop melancholy of Gem Club's new album.

Review: Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow

Helen Thomas reviews the latest offering from indie folk band Bombay Bicycle Club.

Loading the Canon

Cherwell calls for new additions to the literary establishment.

Review: Anti-Slam Poetry

Laura-Beth Shanahan listens to some bad poetry at the Old Fire Station

Interview: Hauschka

Enyuan Khong talks dark soundscapes and ghost cities with Volker Bertelmann

Live Review: Warpaint

Helen Thomas reviews the dream pop performance of all female four-piece Warpaint at the O2 Academy

Preview: Normal

Ben Horton is shaken to the core by this unsettling psychological thriller

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