Saturday 20th June 2026

Culture

‘Music can be everything’: Aurora Orchestra’s Jane Mitchell on the narratives around classical music

The Aurora Orchestra, who are playing at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre on the 19th June, are best known for performing their orchestral repertoire from memory.

The ‘Obsession’ Obsession

'Obsession' is a taste of what the next generation of filmmakers looks like.

Slow down, you crazy child: What Oxford student theatre can learn from garden plays

Student theatre strives to be as professional as possible, but the annual garden play offers something unique: permission to have fun.

Rap as poetry: ‘The Odyssey’ and the breakdown of the medium

When interviewed on his decision to cast Travis Scott as a bard figure in...

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

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Farewell to 2011

Cherwell Music bids farewell to 2011 with a selection from the year's singles.

Sutherland-scapes

Jack Castle takes us on this week’s exhibition tour at Modern Art Oxford

Revolting Rhymes

Grace Goddard listens to performance poet Luke Wright waxing lyrical

Kabuki Groupie

Viccy Ibbett goes to the Ashmolean for a tutorial in Japanese art

Masters at Work

Viccy Ibbett speaks to Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature at Wolfson College and fictioneer

A Bluffers’ Guide to: Drone

Take a journey with Harry Scholes into the world of drone

New apprenticeship for Nick

Andrew Grey evaluates Nick Hewer's first appearence on Countdown

Review: The 2 Bears – Be Strong

James Shirley runs through The 2 Bears' successful debut album

Review: Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas

Richard O'Brien attends an intimate gig and Q&A session with Leonard Cohen as a preview to his new album, Old Ideas

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