Culture

Why does everyone like East of Eden so much?

A beautiful book, written in a determinedly readable style, is bound to become popular, not to mention the endless power of nostalgia.
Books Abigail Riley -

The return of the surreal 

Mythical, dreamlike, phantasmagorical, and absurd: Surrealism, which took the art world by storm in...
Art Sylvie Quick -

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.
Culture Saul Grenfell -

Seasonal reads: On childhood hobbies, growing up, and guilt

Reconnecting with reading is something many people tend to do on a summer holiday,...
Books Elizabeth Gammaidoni -
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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.

Crossovers: when music becomes cinema and vice versa

Sophia Lambton analyses the use of classical music in film

One to Watch: Doctrines

Matt Robinson warns us about the unstoppable force that is Doctrines

Review: Lars Sorken

Maria Fox is thrilled by a rather impressive piece of theatre

Review: The Flowers of War

Susan Yu admires Zhang Yimou's visual masterpiece.

Review: Man on a Ledge

Georgina Pollard surveys the highs and lows of Asger Leth's action thriller.

Bondamonium

James Aber reflects on the mind-warping experience of watching all 22 Bond films... at once.

Review: West Side Story

Frances Kaye is thrilled by Lincoln College Players' contribution to the Turl Street Arts Festival

London puts its best foot forward

Cecilia Stinton explores the capital's celebrations of the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his groundbreaking Ballets Russes

Preview: Othello

Daniel Frampton sees strengths but also some weaknesses in Corpus Christi's re-imagining of the Bard

Preview: Lars Sorken, A Norwiegan Noir

Charlotte Lennon enjoys this striking, strange piece

Review: The Truth

Angus Hawkins is confused and disappointed by St Hilda's latest theatrical endeavor into the world of Terry Pratchett

Preview: Mephisto

Joshua Philips is fascinated and engrossed by Milja Fenger's latest production, Mephisto, at the Oxford Playhouse
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