Tuesday 9th June 2026

Culture

YA Thrills: Escapism and disguise

An issue that has been encountered by authors since the dawn of time, perhaps one that feels too obvious to even state, is that some readers will not enjoy their books.

The death of the male novelist or the birth of the feminist?

The death of the male novelist, as a concept exaggerated by the dramaticisms of its name, fails to stand up under investigation.

OUFF’s ‘The Oxford Tales’: Celebrating student filmmaking at Oxford

It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.

Behind the red curtain: ‘Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse’ reviewed

Leo Jones reviews Crazy Child Productions' performance of 'Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse', the first English staging of the play.

Review: Real Estate – Days

Jake Hills reviews Real Estate’s sunny new LP Days, which arrives just in time to distract us from impending winter.

Review: James Blake – Enough Thunder EP

Natasha Frost takes a look at Enough Thunder, the new EP from ‘post-dubstep’ sensation James Blake

Resisting the meaningless

Simon Critchley talks power, politics and the problem of nihilism with Tom Cutterham

Review: Crazy, Stupid Love

Jacob Williamson takes a look at the new comedy starring Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 4

Hattie Soper finds herself disappointed by the latest adaptation of Jane Eyre

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

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