Thursday 20th November 2025

Culture

‘Controversial but compelling’: ‘Women Beware Women’ Reviewed

CW: Sexual assault The Michael Pilch Studio might just have been the perfect venue for Women Beware Women. Intimate and beguiling, the audience were made to feel almost as naked...

GCSE drama nostalgia: ‘The Detention’ review

The Detention provided its fair share of giggles, but whether that was a result...

The power of the playlist

"These ten precious songs ... will become a time capsule"

Ceilings, wives, and love letters to the city: The Pre Raphaelites in Oxford

It was in 1857, not long after the construction of the Oxford Union, that...

Wherefore art thou, Cameo?

Alexandra Sutton takes a closer look at the art of ‘the walk-on’ in both classic and modern cinema

Said Business School hosts Oxford Climate Forum

The Oxford Climate Forum will focus on the future of climate change with a number of high-profile figures speaking.

St Anne’s launches bike lending scheme

A number of cycles has been bought by the College to be used by students throughout the term

Interview: Bowling For Soup

Bowling for Soup bassist Erik Chandler talks longevity, mixing work and play and Pythagorean theory to Anna McIntyre and Elystan Roberts.

The Miserables

Jack Graham explores the different attitudes towards musical theatre.

Made in Chelsea: Series 4

Becca Meier asks how much more of this tired sub-soap format we can take

If You Liked… Album by Girls

In a new regular feature, Marc Pacitti recommends an artist on the basis of a well-loved album

Norwegian Wood

Daniella Shreir takes a look back at twenty-two hour summer days in Tromøya and Oslo

The Peter Pan(to) Effect

Heather Young ruminates on a very British tradition

Review: Ripper Street

James Fennemore pines for Jack in this soulless Ripper drama.

Review: Restless

James Fennemore takes a look at the BBC's latest spy thriller adaptation

Review: The Snowman and The Snowdog

Xin Fan questions whether this update on a childhood classic can truly cut it against the original

Oxford University helps take a "snapshot" of Serengeti life

Zooniverse's latest project, 'Snapshot Serengeti', sees the Serengeti wildlife photographed via camera traps for species identification and classification within the ecosystem.

Review: Bastille: Other People’s Heartache, Pt. 2

Luke Barratt is impressed by Bastille's post-modern extravaganza

Review: Only Connect

Alexandra Sutton takes a look at Only Connect: BB4's highest rated programme

Review: Strictly Come Dancing 2012

Alexandra Sutton on her favourite Christmas Comfort Food: The Strictly Come Dancing Final

Review: Downton Abbey Christmas Special

Emily Hislop wonders if Matthew Crawley made a lucky escape in the Christmas Special of Downton [Sh]Abbey

Review: ‘Homeland’ Series 2

Huw Fullerton defends 'Homeland' against the criticism its second series has inspired

Review: Merlin: The End

Huw Fullerton takes a look at Merlin's conclusion

Review: ‘Pitch Perfect’

Cherwell Film and TV finds the latest acapella-fest doesn't exactly fulfil its title's promises

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