Thursday 26th March 2026

Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 3

Matthew Isard defends the upcoming reboot of the Spider-man film series

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 2

Joseph Newall evaluates some remakes that may even surpass the originals

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 1

Cherwell Film looks into the growing trend of remakes, reboots and adaptations

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Cover Me

Cherwell Music ponders the art of the cover version, with examples of how to get it right (and wrong)

Frieze!

Rebecca Loxton reviews Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park

Teenage hobo junkie vampires

Tom Cutterham examines the serious side of an indie bestseller

Cult Books – American Psycho

Tom May reviews Bret Easton Ellis' classic American Psycho

Google: art on the line?

Rebecca Loxton investigates a new threat to museums and galleries

First night review: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Find out how Wilde's prosaic masterpiece makes its theatre debut at the Oxford Playhouse...

Should bands ever reform?

In the wake of The Stone Roses' second coming, Ceri Fowler wonders whether band reunions are ever a good idea

Review: Future Islands – On the Water

Sam Parsons examines the latest ocean-themed release from Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands.

Preview : It’s My Party

Polly Marsden goes to the preview of It's My Party, a brand new comedy which discovers what happens when no girls turn up to your Birthday Party.

Failure – and how to narrowly avoid it

The latest duo to emerge from the chrysalis - or sinking ship? - of the Oxford Revue gets put through its paces

Review: Will Rory and Tim sell out?

Introducing, getting up close with and - hastily previewing - Rory and Tim's new offering

Shakespeare Disappear?

Claire Harrill worries that bard may soon become barred as funding cuts take effect

Playing the beautiful game

Jessica Benhamou talks to Catherine Hakim, author of Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital

Do you like plays? They do

Fen Greatley salutes genuine dramatic entrepreneurialism

Going Wilde for Dorian

We take a look at a pretty picture's preparation

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Oxford Blues

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

Noughts and Crosses – Director’s Blog Week One

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

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