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‘Controversial but compelling’: ‘Women Beware Women’ Reviewed

CW: Sexual assault The Michael Pilch Studio might just have been the perfect venue for Women Beware Women. Intimate and beguiling, the audience were made to feel almost as naked...

Culture Abigail Lakeland -

GCSE drama nostalgia: ‘The Detention’ Review

The Detention provided its fair share of giggles, but whether that was a result...

Culture Elyce Croker -

The power of the playlist

"These ten precious songs ... will become a time capsule"

Culture Sophie Hough -

Ceilings, wives, and love letters to the city: The Pre Raphaelites in Oxford

It was in 1857, not long after the construction of the Oxford Union, that...

Art Nancy Gittus -

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Reimagining education

Cherwell speaks to novelist Abigail Tarttelin about creativity and education following the launch of her debut novel, Flick

The curious nature of curation

Sue Johnson’s new exhibition of paintings, The Curious Nature of Objects, offers a welcome opportunity for Cherwell to take another look at the Pitt Rivers collection

Review: Lau vs Adem – Ghosts

The Scottish folk trio produces a record that aims at a deconstruction of their traditionalism

Pop go the Monkeys

Cherwell is intrigued by Arctic Monkeys' shift towards classically structured pop on their latest album, Suck It and See

A new braid for shoegaze?

Braids talk to Cherwell about new material, touring and Tyler the Creator before their Jericho gig

Exploring the Emerald Isle

Beth Cradick ventures outside to capture the wild and beautiful Irish coastline in West Cork

To Gil Scott-Heron

RemiX pays tribute to the godfather of rap and hip hop following his sudden death

Review: Oxford University Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton

Cherwell is impressed by Oxford University Orchestra's Trinity term performance under the distinguished baton of Hilary Davan Wetton

Monkeying Around

Andrew Campbell Black takes a penetrative look into the life of primates

Review: Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the New Theatre

The South African troupe prove that age is just a number as they bring energy and virtuosity to the stage

Review: Amadeus

Marcus Roberts finds much to applaud in this entertaining retelling of the Mozart myth

Review: Blue Remembered Hills

Dennis Potter's play provides a telling look at the trials of a rustic childhood and human cruelty for May Anderson

Review: C.A.R.N.

In the hidden recesses of Oriel, Rebecca Tatlow plays along and tries not to lose the plot.

Review: A Row of Parked Cars

Josephine Sarchet is engaged by this revival of Matthew Parvin's two-man play about suicide and psychotherapy

Review: Act before you Speak

Hail to the Silence. Fiamma Mazzocchi Alemanni watches a play inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet

Review: Lovers: Winners

Lovers triumph in this production of Brian Friel's one-act play about the difficulties of young love

Review: 4:48 Psychosis

May Anderson diagnoses a case of dramatic apathy in this production of Sarah Kane's final work

From Page to Screen

Following the success of We Need To Talk About Kevin at Cannes, Cherwell asks what makes a good adaptation of a book to film

Here comes the sunflower

Remi tells us what happens when you put a bunch of hipsters in a room full of poetry, indie music and 60s rock n' roll

First Night Review: The Importance of Being Earnest

Eleri Thomas finds a new production of Wilde's farce 'utterly droll'

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Culture

‘Controversial but compelling’: ‘Women Beware Women’ Reviewed

GCSE drama nostalgia: ‘The Detention’ Review

The power of the playlist

Ceilings, wives, and love letters to the city: The Pre Raphaelites in Oxford

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