Wednesday 10th June 2026

Culture

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, issues she addresses candidly on its follow-up, ‘SS26’, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.

Testing my patients: ‘The Effect’ at the BT Studio reviewed

Necessarily navigating the difference between ‘side effects’ and reality, the play strikes a fine balance between what one thinks and what one feels.

‘The Harrowing of Hell.26’ reviewed

Fundamentally, The Harrowing of Hell.26 is a finely acted, well-produced play which was enjoyable enough to watch, but its conclusion is unsatisfying.

Circadian Renaissance

Clara Leonard Davies writes about the beauty of summer light and the memories that we associate it with.

Interview: Mazes and Milk Maid

Simon Torracinta discusses the Manchester DIY scene with lo-fi champions Mazes and Milk Maid

Noughts and Crosses – Director’s Blog Week Three

As the production starts to shape up, Phosile checks out the competition

Preview: The Dummy Tree

The Dummy Tree hits the right note, at the Burton Taylor Studio this week until Saturday

Revue do you think you are?

Steffan Blayney finds fresh-faced comedy talent in the Oxford Revue

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.

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