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Cherwell Music takes a tour through the past and present of Oxford’s music scene

In the first week of a new blog discussing a director's challenges in all stages of a play, Phosile shows us the start to finish creation of Noughts and Crosses

In the second week of this blog Phosile discusses finding her cast, and the challenges of drama

Rachel Coombes reviews Bruxism, the latest EP from up-and-coming indie trio Trophy Wife

En Liang Khong explores Björk's latest ultra-ambitious concept album, Biophilia

Tom May chats to Oxford artists Chad Valley and Trophy Wife about new projects and the Blessing Force collective

Benjamin Bronslaer makes the most of his time in Mozambique

Cherwell contributors give a run down of the best places to hide from your friends and hammer out that last minute essay

Ed Bell discovers how Oxford will deal with the new play

A strong debut CD for Oxford’s newest choral foundation, writes Katy Wright

Matthew Isard allays some Fresher fears: don't worry, Oxford's not all like Alan Bennett

Budding actor (pronounced ‘acktohr’), director, producer, marketer? Take note. At first glance, drama in Oxford can seem fairly daunting - lots of money floating about and everyone already seeming to know what’s what. Enter Cherwell, your knight in shining stage blacks. Below you’ll find our shiny new guide to thespy enterprise around the town, with everything you could possibly need to know about Oxford's Drama scene.

Following his interview with Stephen Merchant, Steffan Blayney goes to see his stand up tour

Rachel Coombes discusses August's riots in London and their ties to status-seeking hip hop culture

James Manning looks at the slickly-produced latest from goth pop rising star Zola Jesus: Conatus.

The first review in Cherwell's new series on cult books

Simon Torracinta discusses Metals, the recent and lush release by Canadian indie songwriter Feist

I know what Cherwell did this summer - Harry Scholes reviews TodaysArt in The Hague

Tom May describes how he learned to love Dan Bejar’s music after meeting him at this year’s Green Man festival