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One f**king thing after another: ‘The History Boys’, revisited

Grab your motorcycle helmet. Sharpen up on the subjunctive. And cue the synthetic pulses of ‘Blue Monday’. The History Boys is back. Alan Bennett’s 2004 play followed a cast of...
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What are you looking at? A reflection on the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition 

The woman crouches, nude. A gauzy blue curtain hangs where she hides her chest;...
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The midterms and the YA novel: Impossibly happy endings

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.
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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be...
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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

Review: Kate: A Biography

A life-history of Kate Middleton - worthy publication, or cashing in on the Royal Baby?

Review: Scottish National Gallery

Edinburgh Festival isn't all singing, dancing and heckling - take in a painting or two

Review: Drenge – Drenge

Luke Barratt is blown away by Drenge's explosive debut

The Future of Rap Music

Marc Pacitti introduces a new genre of rap that is just perfect for Oxford

Top 10 films to watch before starting at Oxford

Stuck for ways to avoid vacation work? Cherwell's here to help.

Review: King Krule — 6 Feet Beneath the Moon

Daniel Beatty is blown away by King Krule's magestic debut

If Colleges Were Songs: A Freshers’ Guide

Matt Broomfield presents all the preparation you really need for starting your degree

Review: Inferno

Dan Brown's latest offering revisits a winning formula

Review: Swim Deep – Where The Heaven Are We

Alex Lamb fails to warm to Swim Deep's summer power-grab

Alice In Dalston

OUDS head to East London on their national tour

Interview: Octavia’s Brood

Where social justice meets science fiction: Matt Broomfield talks to Walidah Imarisha and Adrienne Maree Brown

Why I love Katharina Fritsch’s ‘Hahn/Cock’

The Fourth Plinth proves the perfect platform for Fritsch’s playful blue ‘cock’

Bargain Bin Buy: Dr. John — Locked Down

Jack Chown bags himself a bargain and begs you to listen...

Oxford Shows at the Fringe 2013

Whether you want to see your tute partner singing about Rousseau or view the run-up to the apocalypse as imagined within the walls of Babylove, Cherwell has the shortcuts to all things Oxford at the Fringe

Review: Measure For Measure

Three stars for a patchy performance which was nonetheless appealing and imaginative
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