Culture

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons) and Isabella (Céline Mathilda), uncle and niece, embracing and sharing an incestous kiss flavoured by...

Culture Tomas Overton -

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political...

Culture Charlie Bailey -

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.

Culture Antonia Rogers -

Look up! Statues and gargoyles in Oxford

Walking around Oxford you often feel like you’re part of the city’s tourist attraction....

Art Maxim Vorobev -

Interview: Hadouken!

Matt Broomfield and Daniel Beatty get some nu-rave advice from the grindie upstarts

Review: Arcade Fire – Reflektor

To Hendrik Ehlers, this album is a Very Big Deal

Interview: Portico Quartet

Andrew McLean finds it impossible to pin down the inscrutable quartet

Nathalie Wright’s cultural must-dos

The co-editor of new Oxford magazine interVIEW tells Cherwell about her love of twisted, magical places, Alan Partridge and screaming inappropriately.

Stirring Strings

Cherwell Music presents the soundtrack to your essay crisis

Lou Reed (1942-2013)

Edan Tal pays tribute to a true legend of music

Review: Solo

Ed Lewis's take on Boyd's new Bond

Letter from Moscow

Kit sends Cherwell a letter about how she is enjoying her time in the Russian capital

Preview: Saved

An entertaining, human and engaging production from a cast who are clearly having a lot of fun.

Review: The Producers

The production team behind Theory of Justice conjure up another surefire hit

Review: Foxfinder

A claustrophobic allegorical tale with a remarkably gifted cast

Review: The Ghosts of Barucone Manor

Lisa Bernhardt enjoys the the 'pleasantly eerie' atmosphere in The Ghosts of Barucone Manor

A Bridge Too Far?

Sadie Levy Gale laments the decline of the nation's favourite diarist

Review: The Death of Maria

A powerful production that flits wonderfully between certainty and doubt

Review: Ibsen’s Ghosts

Interesting set design and a few strong performances cannot salvage this dated production

Preview: The Ghosts of Barucone Manor

Another Halloween-themed show, about spectres, spirits and ghouls

Preview: The Death of Maria

A Halloween tale of witchcraft, torture and cannibalism

Review: Sylvia Plath: Drawings

Siobhan Fenton discusses the poet's sketches, published for the first time by her daughter

Review: Chelsea Hotel by Earthfall

An innovative mix of media that will surely cater to all tastes

A Beginner’s Guide To: Juke House

Lo-fi house music, direct from Chi-town to ChCh

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