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A jarring Mann: ‘Fatherland’ (2026) in review

Fatherland, which recounts celebrated Modernist author Thomas Mann’s return to a Germany in wreck and rubble, deals with great personal malaise against a backdrop of great political unease.
Culture Freddie Lewis-Hedley -

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 -
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Hotseating The Hothouse

Charlotte Lennon interviews the stars of The Hothouse, Ruby Thomas and Ziad Samaha

Pictures from a beautiful mind

Rachel Savage meets artist Kit Williams to discuss his intricate, outlandish paintings and the inspirations behind his work

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James Fennemore and Joshua Philips,the boys behind Brazen Cheek, cast their vote for the G&T

Welcome to the House of Play

Cherwell Stage on the history of Oxford’s most famous theatre

Press Preview: The Man Upstairs

John O'Connor enjoys, but remains unconvinced by, this piece of new writing.

Review: Craig Finn – Clear Heart, Full Eyes

Adam Piascik analyses the high and low points of Craig Finn's first solo album

Review: It’s a Hit

Fen Greatley is disappointed by It's a Hit's whistle stop tour through the musicals of the twentieth century

First night review: Celebration

Barbara Speed attends a darkly comic gathering

Review: M83, O2 Academy

Natasha Frost spends an evening listening to stadium pop in the swamp

Review: Top Girls

Edward Bell spends two and a bit hours completely absorbed in an accomplished performance of an era-defining play

Review: Latin! Or Tobacco and Boys

Charlotte Van Regenmortel is enchanted by a production that is perhaps more Greek than Latin

Review: Spamalot

James Fennemore hails the sheer silliness and stupidity of Spamalot, a musical that will make you 'rejoice to be alive'

Press Preview: Twelfth Night

Pollyanna Marsden calls the upcoming production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night a 'triumph'

Press Preview: The Hothouse

Angus Hawkins is enthralled at an open rehearsal for The Hothouse

Get ready for Latin! or Tobacco and Boys at the BT

Get excited. Zoe Apostolides from Latin! gives Cherwell the low-down on one of the first student productions of Hilary Term

The Hothouse – Actor’s Blog, Week 2

Hothouse lead Matt Gavan talks about his experience of Pinter and the Playhouse

Review: The Artist

Benjamin McEvoy paints us a picture of Michel Hazanavicius’ celebrated silent film

Review: Gonjasufi – MU.ZZ.LE

Adam Lebovits sings praises for the new Gonjasufi mini-LP

Review: The Maccabees – Given To The Wild

Sarah Poulten feels that the new Maccabees album is too manicured

A Bluffers’ Guide to: New Wave

Natasha Frost explores the finer points of the New Wave
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