Culture
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...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Review: LÃ¥psley – Understudy EP
Kieran Vaghela is impressed by the eighteen year-old singer-songwriter's understated yet powerful sound
2014: the year in film
An overview of the highs and lows of cinema in 2014
The vinyl revival: just a fad or here to stay?
Sara Semic reviews the year of vinyl and the inventions carrying it into 2015
The Second Coming of D’Angelo
Sara Semic reviews D'Angelo and the Vanguard's fourteen year-long product of love and labour
Review: Ghost Culture – Ghost Culture
Mark Barclay is sucked into Ghost Culture's gloomy and seductive netherworld
Picks of the Week HT15 Week 1
Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events
Milestones: The Beer Widget
Ollie Johnson examines the beer widget, the solution to a most profound problem (regarding the issue of effectively canning lesser-carbonated hops-based drinks)
"Washing the dust of daily life off our souls"
Fergus Morgan examines the difficulties endemic in attempting to portray genius
Shakespeare on Trial
Colette Lewis interrogates the implications of this collision between stage and courtroom
Preview: West Side Story
Fay Watson checks out Byzantium Productions' upcoming show
Review: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
Ben Cooke explores Hilary Mantel's ‘Maggiephobia’ in her latest collection of short stories
Loading the Canon: Gil-Scott Heron
Lily McIlwain calls for the addition of a new writer to the literary establishment
Jonathan Yeo: the controversial yet charming artist
Emma Irving discusses celebrities and surgery with Britain’s leading portrait painter
Review: Foxcatcher
Anthony Maskell witnesses performances of depth and gravitas in Bennett Miller's latest film, Foxcatcher
