Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Preview: Tartuffe
Jian Hoh is delighted and amused by this riotous version of a bleak satire.
Bargain Bin: Vanilla Ice – To The Extreme
Helen Thomas discovers one of the laziest albums in hip hop's history.
Subverse Radio: Musical Marginalia
Joe Currie speaks to the guys and girls behind the Oxford House music enterprise
Cherwell Culture Tries…Battle Rap
Don't Flop's 5th birthday celebrations give our Culture editor the opportunity to indulge his penchant for aggressive barz amidst thousands of fellow fans
Letter From…Amman
An insight into fast food, curfews and female autonomy from the Jordanian capital
Preview: In Her Eyes
Alice Troy-Donovan enjoys an unusual production of 'musical theatre, subverted'
Review: East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
William Doyle's brilliant debut album as East India Youth is an electronic mish mash of genre and style, with introspective lyrics and bleak instrumentation.
Review: Poemss – Poemss
Aaron Funk takes a break from being Venetian Snares to adopt another alias: Poemss. The result is an impressive debut of dreamy lo-fi escapism.
Review: Actress – Ghettoville
Actress AKA Darren J. Cunningham has released yet another stunning electronic record, that lays bare the realities of the modern metropolis.
Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
A bewildering portrait of a manipulative, self-destructive psychopath, simultaneously alluring and repulsive.
The Rise and Rise of ‘Sherlock’
Alex Baugh explores the reason for Holmes' TV success
Review: Carmen
Nick Mutch enjoys a slick if somewhat conventional version of the classic opera
Behind the Scenes: Caucasian Chalk Circle
Grainne O'Mahony tells us what it's really like backstage
Preview: Betrayal
Ben Horton is gripped by the disconcerting display of a loveless marraige
