Tuesday 12th May 2026

Culture

Internet Babies: Students of Subculture

There’s a certain kind of artist that I keep coming back to lately: artists who seem to know exactly what I want to hear before I do. Not algorithmically,...
Music Sharon Wilson -

May Morning

Smudged mascara and the curling of coffee steam. Small yawns and the shuffling of...
Culture Elizabeth Bourn -

Sunday

That Sunday could arrive first-class, Wrapped in tissue and stickers with minimalist logo. Sent anonymously (from...
The Source Rory Maguire -

Hail Agnes full of grace: ‘Hamnet’ and the perfect mother figure

Buckley swept this year’s award season for her performance as Agnes in Hamnet, Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of the Maggie O’Farrell book of the same name.
Culture Ruya Oral -
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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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