Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

Culture Hattie Simpson -

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Books Manya Singh -

Interview: Hopsin

Steffan Blayney talks to internet rap sensation Hopsin about going it alone and being true to yourself

Review: Antarctica

Natasha Frost is impressed by OUDS' New Writing Festival 'Antarctica', despite identifying some structural problems with the script

Who write the word? Girls.

Cherwell reconsiders 'women's writing'

Mosse-t Interesting

Jack Powell and ChloÃ« Wicks speak to award-winning author Kate Mosse

The long and the short of it

Christy Edwall speaks with the new master of the short short story

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Producer’s Blog

Sarah Leonard on the trials and tribulations of the audition process

Blockbusters and Bueller: the 80s in film

Anna Leszkiewicz seeks out the infectious enthusiasm and big displays of 1980s cinema

A ring of writers

Rebecca Loxton introduces Oxford brand new writer's circle

Skins at Season Six

Goh Li Sian bemoans the decline of the hit teen drama

Review: The Muppets

Joseph Newall finds The Muppets well worth the ticket price

A Bluffers’ Guide to: Ambient Female Vocals

In his final Bluffers', Harry Scholes explores beautiful ambient music with female vocals

Review: Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror

Ceri Fowler tackles Sleigh Bell's second album, Reign of Terror

Review: The Shins – Port of Morrow

The elusive Natasha Frost reviews the fantastic new album from the Shins

Interview: Motion Sickness of Time Travel

Rachel Evans discusses the sounds of her forthcoming eponymous opus with Harry Scholes

New Writing Festival

Charlotte Lennon previews the New Writing Festival

Review: Gormenghast

Hannah White-Steel is entertained, but ultimately unsatisfied by this production

By An Act of Godber

Playwright John Godber talks to Charlotte Lennon about classrooms, class and critics

Culture Vulture 7th week

Cherwell’s culture editors peck at seventh week’s cultural offerings

Acceptable in the 80s

Cherwell Culture invite you to join their tenuous bid for an 80s revival

Review: Mephisto

Daniel Frampton salutes an intelligent, slick and powerful performance.

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