Saturday 25th April 2026

Culture

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of the spring equinox. This year, it falls on the 20th of March. For Oxonians, spring...

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably...

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

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

Review: Insight Radical

A trek to White City will reward you with a fascinating mix of science and art

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