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...
John Williams’ Stoner: ahead of its time
50 years on, Rose Sykes asks why this book was forgotten
Rembrandt: The late works at the National Gallery
Mark Barclay feels that the paintings of the Dutch master strike a powerful chord
New term, new Audrey
Bethan Roberts checks out this term's first comedic offering
Barbarism begins: Meat is Murder at thirty
Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull looks back at a classic album from The Smiths
Preview: The Dumb Waiter
Fay Watson gets the low-down on this production of a Harold Pinter classic
Review: Belle and Sebastian-Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull finds himself underwhelmed by two-thirds of the band's ninth album
Review: Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Aidan Clark reviews the latest album from the experimental musician and co-founding member of Animal Collective
Review: Death Grips – Fashion Week
Henry Bruce-Jones reviews the latest surprise offering from the supposedly no longer together experimental hip hop group
Picks of the Week HT15 Week 2
Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events
Milestones: Edward Bond’s Saved
Fergus Morgan examines the monstrosity of violence in Edward Bond's controversial work
Frankenstein, Godzilla and now Norman Foster
Ollie Johnson decries the monstrous state of our modern city skylines
Where are they now: Nizlopi
Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to
Shades of the Savannah
Rachael Griffith plays with the Malawian, Zambian and Kenyan sunshine in this collection of vivid photos
Preview: The Oxford Revue’s Audrey
Stage asks The Revue about what to expect from their Audrey's this term.
