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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

Barbara Speed takes you through this term's free exhibitions

Despite his immense prolificacy, Dan Bejar has often flown sharply under the radar. Cherwell Music recommends some of the highlights of his extensive back catalogue.

En Khong talks to the playwright Bonnie Greer about taking on Question Time with her new opera, Yes

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nirvana album's release, Cherwell Music takes a trip through American alternative rock

Cherwell's Music Editor, Simon Torracinta, takes a look at Father, Son, Holy Ghost, the much-anticipated sophomore effort by California-based indie rockers Girls

Simon Torracinta indulges in Jens Lekman’s first release in more than four years, the delightfully tropical EP An Argument With Myself

Simon Torracinta examines Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s fascinatingly unconventional XXX

Cherwell Music rounds up the best new tracks that September has to offer, for your listening pleasure.

Freddie Bowerman frames the rhythm and beauty of daily life in Kampala, Uganda

Lauri Saksa explores the Finnish capital

Miles Lawrence comes to the defence of Rod Lurie's remake of the classic Straw Dogs

Our music editors go in search for some of Oxford's best music venues and give you their pick of upcoming shows