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,...
“We’re all stories, in the end”
Anna Zanetti is wonder-struck by The Story Museum’s ‘26 Characters’
Reviewing Gerhard Richter’s abstract art
Paul Ostwald finds the lights, reflections and chromatic play as fascinating as the artist himself
Preview: Jerusalem
Fergus Morgan gets an sneak preview of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which comes to the Keble O'Reilly in 4th Week
Review: The Pillowman
Bethan Roberts reviews Rough-Hewn's production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman
Picks of the Week MT14 Wk3
Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events
Milestones: Sin
Isaac Goodwin looks at the origins of our concept of sin
Sin City: graphic in more than one way
Fergus Morgan discusses the enduring appeal of Frank Miller’s neo-noir comic book series
Review: Bouncers
Luke Howarth is only moderately amused by this unconvincing commentary on Britain's nightlife
Review: Welcome To The Parish Of Cummerbund-upon-Tweed
Tom Carter enjoys this immersive satire on the small-minded glory of parochial England
Review: Kindness – Otherness
Lewis Barnes is left underwhelmed by the new Kindness record
Q&A with Joanna Hogg
Tom Barrie was impressed with filmmaker Joanna Hogg's eloquence in OBA's Q&A at Oriel College
Preview: Hacked Off Films presents: Sin City
Tom Barrie talks to Hacked Off Films co-founder Edd Elliott about Hacked Off's upcoming immersive screening of Robert Rodriguez's Sin City.
Review: Fury
Cody Gifford finds Brad Pitt's latest outing entertaining, if contrived and devoid of a deeper significance
Where Are They Now: The Sugarhill Gang
Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to
