Wednesday 13th August 2025

Culture

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine, Melbourne, rocks up to London in 1980, writes 'wear makeup everyday' on his New Year's...
Art Ava Doherty -

St Anne’s goes All-Steinway: A purposeful and bold commitment to music

In a move that lives up to its motto of ‘Consulto et Audacter’ (purposefully...
Culture Miriam Hussain -

Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year

Oxford occupies a mystical, almost fantastical place within the American psyche – so much...
Culture Radhika Bhargava -

Reading Oxford books in Oxford

For those who have not even set foot in Oxford, the city still lives...
Books Ngoc Diep -
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Review: A Theory of Justice: The Musical

Chloe Bond leaves this philosophical musical educated and entertained

Review: Bluebeard

Evy Cavalla highly recommends this thought-provoking and entertaining production

Review: They Will Be Red

Tess Colley enjoys a curious new play at the Burton Taylor

Lip-Syncing Reconsidered

Myles Karp examines this much maligned but exceedingly common practice

My Evening with the Gods

Ching Lee reviews the first of the Ashmolean's Live Friday programme

Photo Competition Winner – ‘Black and White’

Congratulations to Ieva Maniustye for her lovely Black and White snow scene

Festival Fun!

Martha Newson brings summer loving, from Mischief Festival, to a cold and wintry Oxford

Review: Christopher Owens – Lysandre

Ceri Fowler is charmed by Lysandre

Review: Everything Everything – Arc

Joshua Barfoot is underwhelmed by this sophomore release.

Who’s Afraid of Frightened Rabbit?

Marc Pacitti interviews the Scottish folk-rockers

Review: The Blackout – Start The Party

Isabel Stoppani de Berrie finds little to love in this car crash of a release.

If You Like… Radiohead

Katy Wright recommends soundtracks on the back of Oxford's finest band.

The Year in Fear

Cherwell Film and TV guides you through Horror of early 2013

Sheila Heti keeps it reel

Barbara Speed talks to Sheila Heti about recording her friends for fiction

Hands tied on Fifty Shades spin-off

Alexander Woolley looks at a mischievous prank on a fickle industry

Focus on… Gilbert and Sullivan

Claire Rodwell delves into the world of the Oxford University G&S Society

Preview: A Theory of Justice: The Musical

Alexander Wilson is impressed by this student-written musical

Preview: They Will Be Red

Alexander Woolley is impressed by this innovative BT production

Nostalgia just isn’t what it used to be

Lizzie Greene explores the world of British Period Drama and its sense of bygone Britishness

Review: Django Unchained

Emily Hislop revels in the strange brilliance of Tarantino's latest release
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