Tuesday 28th April 2026

Culture

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of the spring equinox. This year, it falls on the 20th of March. For Oxonians, spring...

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably...

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...

‘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.

Magdalen Film Society: In the Mood for Love

Goh Li Sian reflects on the first film scheduled for MFS's 'Lovesick' week, showing on Sunday 12th February

Life in Film: Chris Foster

Goh Li Sian kicks off our new Life in Film feature by interviewing Chris Foster, Corpus porter

Sneak Peak:The Blind Spot

A sneak peak into the first play from Royal Court young writer Alexander Darby in which a vicious poker game in an elite boarding school exposes public school morality, fractured ego and callous teenage humanity.

Falling out of love with reality

Emily Hislop discusses the breakdown in our relationship with docu-TV

Review: Carnage

Joseph Newall deliberates Polanski's middle class farce

Decades in Film: the 50s

Benjamin McEvoy kicks back with Brando and Dean

Culture Vulture

The culture editors pick over the carcasses of fourth week's offerings

Just right with Cartwright

Christy Edwall talks apartheid and friendship with the acclaimed author

Noughtie Oxford

Tom Cutterham reviews Ben Masters' first novel - a eulogy to student life

Film’s four-legged friends

Sasha O'Connor accompanies our War Horse review with a broader look at iconic horses in cinema

Review: War Horse

Joseph Newall is unimpressed by Spielberg's equine epic

Press Preview: Cabaret

Alex Sheppard visits the seedy Kit Kat Klub

Wise-ing Up

Christy Edwall takes a tour of Summertown's Sarah Wiseman Gallery

Women at Work

Rebecca Loxton talks to Oxford grad Joanna Berry about the new chick-lit

First Night Review: The Hothouse

Pollyanna Marsden is captivated by this interpretation of Pinter's masterpiece

Review: On the Line

Daniel Frampton is unimpressed by the lack of originality and flare in 'On the Line', showing at the Wadham Moser Theatre

Messiah Man: Preview

Lilith Dornhuber de Bellesiles attends the Messiah Man preview performance and its writers give Cherwell Stage a glimpse of the man behind the play

Review: Curse of the Oxford Revue

Joshua Phillips is tickled, though not bowled over, by the antics of Oxford Revue

Review: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Out of Frequency

Marc Pacitti is left with a spring in his step by new release from Denmark's Asteroid Galaxy Tour

DVD Review: The Burma Conspiracy

Nathan O'Neill considers Jérôme Salle's latest comic book adaptation

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