Tuesday 27th January 2026

Culture

How does an Oxford student read for fun?

No matter which book is in front of me, I’m almost always reading in twenty-second bursts, and I’m constantly thinking about what else I could be looking at if I only picked up my phone.

‘Funny, sad things’: In conversation with ‘GREYJOY’

The cast and crew of 'Greyjoy' discuss their upcoming production, a show with a sharply comic tone that grapples with weighty themes.

Family Resemblance: Oxford’s Twin Cities

From prestigious university towns to ancient settlements, Oxford is twinned with seven cities around the world, spread across three continents.

A noble mind o’erthrown: ‘Hamlet’ at the National Theatre

This month, Hamlet returns to the stage in a new production soon to be released on National Theatre Live, following its staging last autumn.  

Portrait of a Rival (Part 1)

This week, Joseph Caruana finds plenty of reasons why you might regret choosing Oxford over Cambridge on your UCAS form

A Miró on Society

Cherwell reviews the Tate Modern's retrospective on the life and works of Joan Miró

Tracey on Tracey

Charles Mercer has mixed feelings about Tracey Emin's new survey exhibition at the Hayward

Review: Beirut – The Rip Tide

Natasha Frost takes a look at Beirut’s first album in four years. Is the Balkan-folk-pop formula still a winning one?

Review: Björk – Biophilia Singles Roundup

Tom May looks at the three songs to have been released so far from Björk’s highly anticipated Biophilia project

Review: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne

Bombastic masterpiece or rap-by-numbers money grab? Simon Torracinta takes on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s much-anticipated collaboration

No small feat

Matthew Perkins is enchanted and charmed by Arrietty

Top scores at the BBC Proms

We are well underway with “the world’s greatest classical music festival”: Leah Broad reviews the year’s concerts this far, and what to look out for in the season to come

Review: Little Dragon – Ritual Union

Simon Torracinta discusses the sensual new release by Swedish quartet Little Dragon

Britain and Ireland in colour

Sophie Balfour-Lynn takes us away from this week's riots with some captivatingly beautiful photographs of British and Irish landscapes and wildlife

An American parable

Jacob Williamson takes a look back at The Social Network and thinks about why its issues and ideas will continue to matter

Review: Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne

Francesca Wade is impressed by the Submarine author's new offering, a hilarious apocalyptic novel set on a Welsh commune

Washington DC, the street

Lauri Saksa hunts for pictures in the American capital

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: July 2011

Cherwell Music kicks off its series of online mixtapes with a round-up of recent releases and summer jams, featuring tracks by Wavves, Björk, Washed Out, Kendrick Lamar, and more

Review: Snow Patrol – Called Out In The Dark

Susan Yu explores the Bangor rock band's first comeback single

Review: The Horrors – Skying

The Horrors' third studio album is an immersive and coherent experience, writes James Manning

Review: Two Gallants at Hoxton Bar

The long awaited return to the road of this blues-folk duo leaves Cherwell wanting more

Review: Autre Ne Veut – Body EP

Cherwell finds little substance behind the eccentricity on the avant-R&B artist's latest EP

Review: Theophilus London – Timez Are Weird These Days

Cherwell is unconvinced by the Brooklyn rapper's debut album, following his breakthrough EP earlier this year

A farewell to Lucian Freud

Cherwell looks back on the life and art of Lucian Freud, one of the greatest portrait painters of our time

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