Culture

The ‘Silent’ Film

Not speaking does not necessarily mean having nothing to say. As much can be said with an image, movement, or glance as with a word.

Culture Willow Jopp -

A day in The Sun: ‘Ink’ at St John’s

James Graham’s Ink, directed by Georgina Cooper with the St John’s Drama Society, dramatises Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition of The Sun in the 1960s, tracing its astonishing surge to unprecedented popularity.

Culture Beatrix Arnold -

‘Cathy naur’: Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ in review

Although my Yorkshire identity and love of 19th-century novels make me inclined to defend Emily Brontë with all my might, I really did give this film a chance.

Culture Nora Miles -

‘Crawling with personality’: ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in conversation

Last week, I infiltrated a rehearsal for Cross Keys and 2046 Productions’ upcoming Little Shop Of Horrors.

Culture Rebecca Harper -

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

Discussing cultural FOMO (fear of missing out)

Delia Lockey comes to terms with how she missed seeing Disclosure at the O2

My Week- Ksenia Levina

Ksenia gives us an insight into her cultural passions

Letter from St Petersburg

Toby Mather lets us know how he is getting on in St Petersburg

Preview: Foxfinder

A look ahead at this tight, confident and promising performance of Dawn King's dystopia

Album Review: Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt

Nothing new from the ageing grunge band

Interview: Fossil Collective

Luke Barratt ponders Americana, success and simian body-swaps with Fossil Collective

Review: Spoonface Steinberg

A stellar performance of a mundane script

Review: Out of Print

How can news organisations survive the transition to digital and social media, George Brock asks?

Poem: Oxford

We publish the winning entry to our weekly poetry competition

Cultural reflections

A finalist opens his mind to the aging process and its effect on his cultural identity

Sarah Rutherford’s cultural must-dos

The writer behind Adult Supervision tells Cherwell about hair, the BNP and dirty realities

Letter from Bonn

Our former editor Will Pimlott sends a missive from his year abroad

Oodles of OUDS

A look at the term ahead with OUDS president Katie Ebner-Landy

Preview: Spoonface Steinberg

A convincing, thoughtful and original one-woman portrayal of an autistic girl suffering from cancer

Cherwell Music’s Weekly Round-Up

Moby, Anna Calvi and Panic! At The Disco get the Cherwell treatment

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