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The paradox of uniformity: Who do we dress for?

Walking to chapel on a mid-winter Wednesday morning, you could almost be certain to hear a teacher’s anguished cry: “Take those hoop earrings out!” Until two years ago, my...
Culture Tilly Stanley -

How cinema has taught us to see Autumn

Autumn is clearly a time for comfort and reflection, a fact the film industry has learnt very well and pumps into new releases.
Culture Amalia Dasgupta -

Beyond litter and emissions: The environmental costs of loud sound at music festivals

The music festivals of the summer have packed up and moved on. Stages and sound systems have been dismantled, litter cleared, and land reseeded.
Culture Leandro Landolina -

‘Burning Down the House’: A review 

During the odd ‘in-between’ space that is Week 0, I searched for a show to give me something to do, amid the random dilly-dallying and the odd collection currently occupying my time.
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The Rise and Rise of ‘Sherlock’

Alex Baugh explores the reason for Holmes' TV success

Review: Carmen

Nick Mutch enjoys a slick if somewhat conventional version of the classic opera

Behind the Scenes: Caucasian Chalk Circle

Grainne O'Mahony tells us what it's really like backstage

Preview: Betrayal

Ben Horton is gripped by the disconcerting display of a loveless marraige

Culture Editorial: Graffiti as Art

Matt Broomfield makes the case for graffiti as guerilla artistic expression

Interview: Fortuna Burke

Claire Watt chats to Oxford graduate Fortuna Burke about her wild one-woman musical comedy

The Sound of Movies

Marcus Balmer charts his 15 favourite examples of popular tracks in film history

Review: The Railway Man

A compelling, brilliantly-acted story of a prisoner of war and his arduous endeavour to forgive

Preview: Kate Tempest

Emma Simpson anticipates a compelling performance by spoken-word poet Kate Tempest

Review: The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable

Emma Hewitt is knocked out by Punchdrunk’s latest production; an innovative extravaganza

Bargain Bin: Osymyso — Rabbit to Rabbit

Cherwell trawls charity shops looking for musical bargains

Review: Warpaint – Warpaint

The latest offering from Warpaint builds a dissonant, dreamy soundscape full of achingly beautiful melody

Review: Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes

The latest offering from The Boss is a mixed blessing, compared to the vision of his politicised work

Review: Of Mice & Men — Restoring Force

Californian metalcore band's latest offering merely asserts the genre's consumer nationalism

2014: Best new musicians to watch

Cherwell's music critics look forward to this year's talented crop of artists

Cherwell Culture Tries… Hot Yoga

Sadie Levy Gale sweats it out with some tubby hippies

Culture Editorial: Quite a Dish

Evy Cavalla is dismayed by lazy objectification in Coriolanus

Culture Editorial: Laydeez Night

Matt Broomfield is upset by nightclub ethics

Review: The Taste

The pilot episode of this new series seems to suggest it is the same as every other cooking show

The Wrath of the Sequels?

Ollie Johnson asks whether sequels are really that bad
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