Saturday 25th October 2025

Culture

‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...
Culture Lara Machado -

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...
Culture Charlie Bailey -

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...
Culture Rhys Ponsford -

On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important...
Books Benjamin Waterer -
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Shooting statues

Jessica Goodman brings Florence's statues alive

Review: Radcliffe Residency

Katy Wright describes an impressive evening of music at the Holywell Music Room

5 Minute Masterclass: Phil Selway

Radiohead’s Phil Selway discusses the practicalities of making a record, from composition through to its marketing

Stravinsky comes to Peckham

It has been accused of irrelevance and elitism, but classical music’s revolution is in the air, writes Cecilia Stinton

A Students’ Tribute to David Foster Wallace

Three years on from his suicide, Cherwell commemorates the life and works of a cult literary genius

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: October 2011

Cherwell Music's run-down of last month's best music, featuring new tracks by Mazzy Star, Tom Waits, and The Field.

Horror’s Final Destination

In a Cherwell Film post-Halloween special, Joseph Newall finds himself despairing at the horror genre

Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Nathan O'Neill is more disappointed than chilled by the horror sequel

Horrifically Clichéd

Siobhan Dunlop examines the terrors and tropes of the horror genre

Cream of the Cuppers Crop

A taste of the plethora of cuppers plays on at the Burton Taylor Studio this week

Review: Patrick Wolf, O2 Academy

Natasha Frost describes Patrick Wolf's captivating recent performance at Oxford's O2 Academy on 31st October

Review: Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu

Simon Torracinta is left nonplussed by Lou Reed and Metallica's utterly bizarre collaboration

Review: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto

Kiley Bense examines Coldplay's latest offering, Mylo Xyloto, produced by Brian Eno

Letting go: The Antlers start anew

Tom May discusses life as a full band and following up a career-defining record with the Brooklyn trio

Adventures with Tintin

Robin McGhee talks to Tintinologist Michael Farr about the magic of Hergé's creation and Spielberg's latest film

Not-so-horrible histories

Ella Sands recommends five history books you might actually enjoy

Cult Books: The Other Hand

Cult Books continues with Fay Lomas' review of a future cult classic

Scenes at the sexhibition

Richard O’Brien visits Sexual Nature at the Natural History Museum

Re-living Stalingrad’s horrors

Master of militaria Antony Beevor tells Robin McGhee the secrets of writing the Second World War

Review: Mammals

Katy Ebner-Landy gets hot under the collar for some red-blooded theatre
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