Sunday 14th September 2025

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...

The Blue Trail: Reviewed

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...

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.

Tracks of the Week: March 31st

Will Dickson found some stuff this week he thought was good. '...though I'm not entirely sure if everything here was released in the past week. Whatever. Bite me.'

Review: RADA production of Yerma

Laura Stacey thinks RADA students live up to their name with this professional production

Review: Rae Morris – From Above

Mischa Frankl-Duval finds Rae Morris to be a bit overhyped....

Art to see this Easter

Bored in London? Cherwell brings you the top must-see art exhibitions

LabLit – A new fictional genre?

Think you know what your professors are writing in their spare time? Think again. Sadie Levy Gale reviews an unlikely up-and-coming literary genre

Easter Vac Playlist

'Sit around at home, stare at the walls.' Sound like your vacation? We sympathise. Here's a suitably noisy and angry playlist.

Review: Bring Me The Horizon – Sempiternal

Sabrina Gleeson wonders whether the band 'coming of age' results in deathcore metal with less to scream about...

Interview: Josh Kumra

Jack Chown gets the vibe that Kumra's on to something big...

A Tribute To Chinua Achebe

Beth Timmins remembers the great African writer's achievements.

Review: Girls

Nick Hilton defends his masculine right to be head-over-heels in love with Girls

Review: The Strokes — Comedown Machine

Jack Chown considers whether the new Strokes album is more uplifting than its title

Review: Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience

Anna McIntyre feels that JT's a bit short of the perfect vision...

Xu Bing’s Larger Than Life Landscapes

Susan Yu sings artist Xu Bing's praises after viewing his new exhibition 'Landscape Landscript' at the Ashmolean

Review: Gogglebox

Sophie Hall-Luke loves the natural human comedy offered by this fly-on-the-wall documentary

Review: Broken

Despite strong performances from the cast, Anna Spencer finds this bleak British drama overdramatic

Brent is Back

Tom Goulding considers the brief return of David Brent in last week's Comic Relief

Review: Welcome to the Punch

Georgina Pollard doesn't pull any punches in her assessment of this flawed action thriller

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