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...
Review: The Boy Next Door
Emmanuelle Soffe argues that whilst J-Lo gives a respectable performance in The Boy Next Door, the true star is youngster Ryan Guzman
Review: Focus
Lauren Rofe writes that Will Smith's latest effort is a mixed bag
Paris: five exhibitions in five days
Abigail Legge sets herself an ambitious challenge on her year abroad, and discovers some fascinating Parisien treasures
Monumental Art: Composition No. 8
Beatrice Liese enjoys taking a deeper look at Kandinsky’s masterpiece
Loading the Canon: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Emmanuelle Soffe calls for the addition of Neil Gaiman’s
surrealist novel to the literary establishment
Alice Oswald talks about performance and public poetry
Rose Sykes meets the subject of her Fourth Week review, and discusses the poet’s role in modern society
Preview: Iolanthe
Jessica McKeown is excited by this operatic spectacle
Preview: The Importance of Being Earnest
Krisztina Rakoczy gets a sneak peek at the St. Hilda's College Drama Society's new play
Preview: The Architect
Emma Irving is impressed by this unconventional preview for The Architect
Review: Fifty Shades of Grey
Anthony Maskell finds Fifty Shades of Grey a painfully punishing experience
Review: Inherent Vice
Absurd brilliance pervades Inherent Vice
Where are they now: O-Zone
Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to...
Moon King: mooning the music industry
Sara Semic chats to Moon King’s Daniel Benjamin about dream-pop and Boiler Room sessions
Review: Ibeyi – Ibeyi
Clara-Laeïla Laudette is taken in by the French-Cuban twins' Yoruba-inspired debut album
