Thursday 3rd July 2025

Culture

‘Pour summer in a glass’: retracing Dandelion Wine

“You did not hear them coming. You hardly heard them go. The grass bent down, sprang up again. They passed like cloud shadows downhill ... the boys of summer,...

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

A Bluffers’ Guide to Scandipop (Twee)

Natasha Frost showcases some fine Scandinavian wares

AKB48: Seriously big in Japan

Natasha Frost embarks on a cultural journey of discovery, winding up somewhere on the internet

Review: Dirty Three – Toward The Low Sun

Thomas May is left stunned by Dirty Three's latest offering

Review: Monolake – Ghosts

Harry Scholes sits down with his idol's latest release. It's a new Monolake ladies and gentlemen

The Complete ‘BrazenCheek’

James Fennemore and Joshua Phillips share their witty theatrical musings

The final curtain call

Charlotte Lennon on the ups and downs of Hilary theatre

Review: Snookered

Flora Zackon reviews a well crafted and playful exploration of the lives of four young Muslims

Bops, Bhangra and Break-ups

Anirudh Mandagere on Oxford’s annual Bollywood extravaganza, 'Chutney and Chips'

Bourne to be mild

Ben McEvoy is disappointed by Sam Bourne's recent thriller

A towering presence

Emma Zacharia looks up at London's brand new landmark

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Director’s Blog

Kate O'Connor on the sex in Shakespeare

Andy Warhol: Billy Name and the superstar game

Jack Powell interviews Billy Name, Warhol’s lover, friend, and one of his ‘superstars’

Andy Warhol: Your 15 minutes of fame

Ceri Fowler discusses Warhol’s notorious hangout Studio 54

Andy Warhol: The Sound of the Underground

Natasha Frost on Warhol’s less than typical approach to his role as music producer for The Velvet Underground

Andy Warhol: Walking with the ghost

Cherwell Film take a look at Andy X, Jim Sharman’s ‘cinematic seance’ with Warhol

Culture Vulture 8th week

Cherwell’s culture editors gorge and feast on the remains of this term’s cultural offerings

Playing the politics of the piano

The pianist Lang Lang reveals China’s volatile relationship with classical music, writes En Khong

Preview: Out Through the In Door

After a sneak preview of this new piece of writing, Daniel Frampton is left intrigued and wanting more

Review: Rubber Dinghy

Daniel Frampton reviews what he considers to be one of the best productions this term

Review: Andy Eastwood, Holywell

Huw Fullerton reviews 'musical variety entertainer' Andy Eastwood's 'Return of the Uke' gig

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