Friday 4th July 2025

Culture

‘Pour summer in a glass’: retracing Dandelion Wine

“You did not hear them coming. You hardly heard them go. The grass bent down, sprang up again. They passed like cloud shadows downhill ... the boys of summer,...

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

Media use detrimental to grades

New research shows that texting and browsing the internet have been linked to lower grades at university

Review: Endeavour

Spire-porn at its best? Oxford is the real star of this Morse prequel, writes Tess Colley

Sounds of Summer!

With trinity term rapidly approaching Cherwell music look at tracks with a particularly summery flavour....

Review: Game of Thrones

Sarah Fan finds that season three of this epic fantasy drama gets off to a disappointing start

Review: Made in Chelsea S5E1

TV & Film's resident M.I.C addict ponders the intricacies of the series five opener

Tracks of the Week: 9th April

This time I scoured youtube, not soundcloud, for the best stuff of the past week or so. All about that consistency.

Review: Paramore – Paramore

Luke Barratt is unconvinced by Paramore's comeback attempt

Review: Filthy Boy – Smile That Won’t Go Down

Matt Walsh is enamoured with Filthy Boy's dangerous debut

Thatcher’s Dead, Long Live Thatcher

The soundtrack to whatever you’re doing in commemoration of Thatcher’s death, whether you’re telling everyone on Facebook how it’s wrong to celebrate someone’s death regardless of their character, mourning, or nursing a 3 litre bottle of White Lightning.

Authorial Immunity

Marc Pacitti asks why we feel the need to excuse our authors for their prejudices.

Review: The Voice

The new series of The Voice simply doesn't strike a chord with Georgina Pollard

Interview: Steve Oram

Marcus Balmer talks to Steve Oram about the dark British comedy, Sightseers

Review: George Catlin’s American Indian Portraits

Beth Timmins enjoys George Catlin's warm portrayals of American Indian peoples and their way of life.

The East London Group: Artists Worth Remembering

Alexander Woolley takes a look at David Buckman's new book 'From Bow to Biennale: Artists of the East London Group'.

Review: Doctor Who

Huw Fullerton finds the latest episode lacking in originality, but looks forward to the series ahead

Feature: One Direction World (no, that’s not an April Fool)

Toby Huelin discusses the newest addition to the boy band's arsenal...

Review: New Girl Season Two

There's nothing new about the first episode of this fun-loving US sitcom's second season

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: The Beatles to Reform!

You heard it here first, the Fab Four are back and 'it looks as though they're here to stay'...

Review: The Syndicate

The second series of this drama following lottery winners gets off to a strong start

Review: Wavves – Afraid of Heights

Will Dickson talks about emotions and high grade in Wavves' third album.

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