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,...
Milestones: Isaac Levitan
Naomi Polonsky examines the influential Russian landscape artist
Top 3… Climbs
Luke Barratt rounds up the greatest ascents in culture
Green and pleasant lands
Anna Zanetti looks at changing artistic attitudes to landscape
Review: Vico
Naomi Polonsky is entertained and disturbed by this student-written play about insanity
Review: Surprise
Kurien Parel feels this play has a surprising moral message
Review: A History of Falling Things
George Grylls feels that the ending lets down this engaging production
Review: Man of Mode
Libby Wicks feels this production has its highs and lows
Review: Timon of Athens
Zoe Slater ponders immersive theatre in this production at Magdalen
Preview: Frankenstein
Vicky Holley explores this new take on the weird world of monsters
Review: Father God
Fergus Morgan doesn't receive the religious experience he had hoped for
Review: Into The Woods
Jordan Reed is disenchanted by this magical woodland tale
Review: The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki's farewell masterpiece is stunningly beautiful, moving and profound
Review: Godzilla
Godzilla is ultimately more preoccupied with CGI flash than with emotional depth
Loading the Canon: Rabbi Sacks
Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights the ex-Chief Rabbi's remarkable work
