Thursday 4th December 2025

Culture

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s 2009 tragicomedy.  The play follows a group of people of different ages taking a beginners’ drama...

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...

‘Lux’ by Rosalía review: A breath of fresh air

'The Latin title ‘Lux’ perfectly embodies the concept and overall aesthetic of divine femininity, as well as the multilingual aspects that run throughout the work. With complex and meaningful lyrics written in 13 languages, and split into four movements, the record is a breath of fresh air for the pop scene'.

Lucie Dawkins’ cultural must-dos

The director of the Asmolean's next Live Friday tells Cherwell about her love for murdered peacocks, mid-life crises and flesh.

Freshers Fun!

Cherwell Music rounds up the soundtrack to your freshers' week

Preview of Maria Stuarda

Preview of Welsh National Opera's production of Maria Stuarda at the New Theatre

Preview of Anna Bolena

A preview of WNO's production of Anna Bolena, soon to be shown at the New Theatre

Postcard from Nantes

First in a series of features where students on their year abroad send Cherwell a postcard

Interview: Jacqueline Wilson

Holly Whiston talks fame, fiction and feminism with the 'lovely' Jacqueline Wilson

Review: The Old Ways

Adam Whiley ambles through Robert McFarlane's hommage to the humble act of walking

Review: Francis Bacon/Henry Moore

Beth Timmins contemplates a unique opportunity to see the artist and the sculptor exhibited together

The Fresher’s Guide to Cuppers

A gentle introduction to the fray that is OUDS' annual drama competition

The New Revue

The Oxford Revue has been rehauled and sexed up in time for Michaelmas

An Introduction to Deep House

Sam Ward breaks down five deep house classics

A Month in Music

As the summer comes to a close, Jack Chown reviews some of September's offerings...

Review: 10×10: Drawing the City London

Cherwell was invited along to Article 25's annual workshop of Britain's most exciting architects

Review: Joe Bedell-Brill – Drifters

William Pimlott is captured by this debut EP

Interview: Debut Novelist Lauren Johnson

Lauren Johnson tells Cherwell Arts and Books about her first novel, The Arrow of Sherwood.

The Mercury Prize – A celebration of ‘beige’?

The music awards that hinder rather than help Britain's rising stars...

Review: Arctic Monkeys – AM

'Why on earth would they ever look back?'

Review: Houghton Revisited

Mimi Goodall is underwhelmed by the return of Robert Walpole's collection

Review: Burial Rites

Douglas Grant finds Hannah Kent's debut to be a lyrical blend of fact and fiction

Review: 1913 – The Year Before the Storm

Enyuan Khong examines Florian Illies' account of the world before World War One

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