Thursday 16th October 2025

Culture

Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre

When people think of podcasts, they probably wouldn’t associate them with theatre. Yet it was this seemingly unlikely convergence between the two forms that led me to attend the...

Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’

As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical,...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar...

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

There is no reason why a remake should remain inferior to its source material;...

Glastonbury 2013: Sunday

Cherwell Music gets the scoop on all the backstage gossip in Somerset

Is Glastovision a good thing?

Luke Barratt despairs of the BBC's over-zealous coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury 2013: Saturday

Cherwell Music go mainstream for the biggest day of the weekend.

Review: Yeezus

Kanye's magnum opus simultaneously fetishises and condemns the cult of celebrity

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Sarah McGuigan enjoys this modernised Shakespeare

Review: Holloway – Robert Macfarlane

Max Long is both awed and repelled by Macfarlane's mixture of sinister and beautiful

Review: RSC’s A Mad World My Masters

A triumphant musical farce at the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Oxford clubber’s festival guide

From Glastonbury to Purple Turtle, this guide has it all

Cherwell’s summer reading: part 1

Feeling nostalgic about reading lists? Cherwell is here to help

Playing the Game with Strauss

Nick Mutch talks to Neil Strauss, of ‘the Game’, about how to interview celebrities, seduce women and the joys of journalism

Spotlight on…OUDS 24-Hour Play

A chat with the talented thesps behind the speediest production of term

Review: The Oxford Revue

Deadpan, farce and parody produce a comedy cocktail that goes down a treat

Preview: Dealer’s Choice

Ineffably pleasing dialogue requires tighter direction

Review: Dealer’s Choice

A witty and blackly comic production with a deft script and cohesive cast

Sounds of English Summer

Cherwell Music would like to apologize for any confusion caused by our misleadingly summery playlist, 'Sounds of Summer'. We hope you find this more seasonal.

Review: Jon Hopkins – Immunity

Max Long is fascinated by the subtlety of Jon Hopkins' latest endeavour

Review: The Big Wedding

Delia Lockey reviews the new film 'The Big Wedding'

Interview: Lewis Watson

Jack Chown has a word with the up-and-coming Oxford acoustic man

Review: Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork…

Matt Broomfield takes a look at the latest tick on the QUOTSA clock

Interview: Afrika Bambaataa

Bam! And the hip hop is gone...

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