Friday 14th November 2025

Culture

“You will kill my children!”: ‘A View from the Bridge’ reviewed

The stellar cast of Labyrinth Productions’ A View from the Bridge delivered a layered, spellbindingly emotional interpretation of a classic. Director Rosie Morgan-Males told Cherwell that she was inspired...

The caring individual: John le Carré at the Weston

At the back of the Weston Library, in a small room off to one...

‘Like the edge of a knife’: Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk brings his ‘Continuous Music’ to Oxford

Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk took the stage in Magdalen College Chapel and the Holywell...

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about...

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

Review: Wiley – The Ascent

George King worries that Wiley has lost his grime in the mainstream...

Review: Stornoway – Tales from Terra Firma

Jack Chown is caught in the wilderness with the Oxford band's second offering but doesn't want to come back...

Comeback Kings!

Following Bowie's triumphant return, Cherwell Music ponder the best comeback tracks....

Review: Peace – In Love

Luke Barratt falls In Love with the Birmingham rockers' debut

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