Culture
The art of rowing: In conversation with Emily Craig
After a formidable finish in the Lightweight Women’s double sculls at the 2024 Paris Olympics in August, Team GB’s Emily Craig and Imogen Grant secured their places as the...
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Unpacking the Bodleian libraries
Fintan Calpin reviews Marks of Genius at the Weston Library
Preview: Living Together
Joanna Connolly takes a look at Trinity’s Playhouse show
Mr Spacey’s finest hour?
Michael Burns reviews Spacey’s take on the legendary Clarence Darrow

Review: Amber Run
Verity Hubbard finds little to redeem 5AM, Amber Run's debut album
Review: Blur
Kieran Vaghela finds little new in Blur's latest offering, 'Magic Whip'
Live Review: James Bay
Susan Yu is stunned by Bay's live performance
Joni Mitchell: much misunderstood, much revered
Catherine Kelly discusses the musical pioneer that is Joni Mitchell
Review: Sufjan Stevens
Bryony Harris is intrigued by the personal nature of Steven's new album Carrie & Lowell
Review: Cake
Anthony Maskell finds Cake an airy and predictable slice of award bait
Review: Earl Sweatshirt
Kieran Vaghela is impressed, if not surprised, by 'I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside'
Interview: Twin Atlantic
Rachael Griffith talks to Sam McTrusty, lead singer of Twin Atlantic
Photographing a hidden Jamaica
Michael Burns explores a history of the island in pictures
Picks of the Week TT15 Week 1
Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events
First farce, then tragedy: The Rise of Islamic State
Ben Cooke reviews Patrick Cockburn's timely new work
