Monday 26th January 2026

Culture

Family Resemblance: Oxford’s Twin Cities

From prestigious university towns to ancient settlements, Oxford is twinned with seven cities around the world, spread across three continents.
Art Emma Heagney -

A noble mind o’erthrown: ‘Hamlet’ at the National Theatre

This month, Hamlet returns to the stage in a new production soon to be released on National Theatre Live, following its staging last autumn.  
Culture Beatrix Arnold -

Lighthouse Productions on ‘Lemons’

The team outlined the vision for their debut production: a political, surrealist piece of contemporary theatre.
Culture Abigail Lakeland -

In defence of the live-action remake

Live-action remakes, when viewed with an open mind, can be seen as cultural negotiations, as attempts to revitalise and pass down old stories to new eyes and ears.
Culture Willow Jopp -
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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

Review: Reading Festival 2013

Luke Barratt waves a fond farewell to the festival of his tender youth

Oxford – the Anti-Reading List

Holly Whiston discusses the books that give the wrong impressions

Best 5 Sketches to See at The Fringe

James Tozer offers us his insight into the best sketch comedy the Fringe has to offer

Review: Look Back in Anger

Tess Colley enjoys Osborne's classic at Edinburgh Fringe

Review: Celebrity Masterchef

It's all just going through the motions now, writes Ollie Forrest
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