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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.
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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.
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‘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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Why ‘No Bad Memories’ is my album of the year

I didn't expect how perfectly my personal happiness would fit an album so preoccupied with the sounds of old advertisements and obsolete electronics, filled with the relentless optimism of a world that believed the future could only get better. 
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Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Claudia Freemantle is touched by a play that combines innovation with loyalty to the novel

Interview: Toby Huelin

Claire Rodwell chats to the creator of In Her Eyes, a new musical

Review: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Claudia Freemantle is blasted away by this West End Production (a whole week before the roof came down)

The Arts and Books guide to Hilary

Get out your diaries for the biggest literary and artistic events

Review: Notice! at Modern Art Oxford

Emma Simpson enjoys a retrospective of MAO’s advertising campaigns

Review: Sherlock episode 3

'His Last Vow' was an infuriating piece of television. Gimmicky and repetitive, Moffat and Gatiss' passion project seems to have run out of steam.

Revisiting ‘La Belle et la Bête’

With the remastered edition of Jean Cocteau's 1946 fairy-tale hitting selected cinemas, James Martin takes a look back at this timeless, magical masterpiece.

Review: The 7.39

Eliza Plowden finds David Nicholl's drama honest and gently charming

Review: Revenge Season 3 Episode 1

Vacuous and poorly acted though it may be, the abundance of beautiful people is sure to keep the '90210' generation happy

Review: Sherlock Episode 2

Unfortunately, 'The Sign of Three' is corny, incoherent and annoying.

Review: Fiji Land

Georgina Wilson is bemused and intrigued by some pot plants

Review: Fortune’s Fool

Alice Theobald is delighted by this melancholic melodrama

Review: Frozen

Lucy Diver finds Disney's latest offering a beautiful and smart movie (with catchy songs!)

Review: Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

A powerful, engaging and instructive reflection on the life of an extraordinary man

Top 20 Albums of 2013

As we enter the new year, Daniel Beatty takes a look at the album highlights of 2013.

Review: Call The Midwife Christmas Special

Catherine Shafto reflects fondly upon a Christmas special characterised by a note of hope and affection

Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ben Stiller's warming story of self-discovery is ambitious and implausible but ultimately a success

Peter Pan goes wrong

Laura Stacey is won over by slapstick in this play-within-a-play. *****

The Christmas Story in Arts and Books

With the festive season drawing to a close, Cherwell brings you the Christmas story retold through Arts and Books to hold on to the cheer.

Review: Downton Abbey Christmas Special 2013

The Downton Christmas Special can only be described as 'meh', according to Veronica Heney, but this is still an improvement on the rest of the series
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