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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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Review: Macbeth at the National

Three stars for an original and absorbing production which at points lacked thorough characterisation

Cherwell Guide to the Edinburgh Fringe 2013

Cherwell's rundown of the hottest music, drama and comedy at this year's Fringe

Review: Latitude 2013

Oli Davies ventures deep into Suffolk for this year's Latitude

Review: Truck Festival 2013

Luke Barratt has a trucking good time at Oxford's own festival

Interview: Christoph Prégardien

An audience with the world-renowned lyric tenor

Review: Othello

Five stars for the National's production of Shakespeare's tale of jealousy and ambition

Review: And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini's latest novel has more than a touch of Dickens about it

Review: Comedy Feeds

The BBC's Comedy Feeds project is now in its second year, so how does the class of 2013 shape up? Ollie Forrest watched the lot to find out.

Review: The Internship

The Internship will you leave you bored, frustrated, and with a sudden urge to work for Google...

Review: Magna Carta Holy Grail

Jay-Z's latest is as unsustainable as it is insipid

Review: Blissfields Festival

Bliss in the sun at the Winchester festival

Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Lacklustre Shakespeare in the grounds of Ludlow Castle

Cherwell’s guide to summer exhibitions

At a loose end with your vacant vac afternoons? Grab a little culture

Playlist: Glastonbury Highlights

Cherwell Music brings you the best moments from Glastonbury 2013

Glastonbury 2013: Sunday

Cherwell Music gets the scoop on all the backstage gossip in Somerset

Is Glastovision a good thing?

Luke Barratt despairs of the BBC's over-zealous coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury 2013: Saturday

Cherwell Music go mainstream for the biggest day of the weekend.

Review: Yeezus

Kanye's magnum opus simultaneously fetishises and condemns the cult of celebrity

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Sarah McGuigan enjoys this modernised Shakespeare

Review: Holloway – Robert Macfarlane

Max Long is both awed and repelled by Macfarlane's mixture of sinister and beautiful
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