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Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.

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The rise of Stats.fm: Music as a signal of identity

It is far harder to maintain a separation between your taste, your identity, and how you are thought of by others.

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‘Would you mind if I asked you a troubling question?’: ‘Ulster American’ in review

Arun Lewis reviews Grá Productions' staging of David Ireland's 'Ulster American', and finds fault in an otherwise fascinating performance.

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Subs, dubs, and AI flubs: Lost in film translation

How hard could it be to watch an entire film in German when I could not even introduce myself in the language? Quite hard, it turns out.

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Cherwell is amused, moved, and undeniably impressed by comedian Richard Herring's latest Fringe show

Notting Hill Carnival

In the first of a two part series focusing on street festivals, Sophie Balfour-Lynn captures the vibrancy and colour at one of the UK's most famous carnivals

The Book of Boredom

Cherwell reviews David Foster Wallace's unfinished, posthumous novel The Pale King, and wonders what might have been

A guide to summer reading

Barbara Speed guides new Cherwell readers through that most insurmountable of obstacles - your First Reading List

Review: Jonquil — Mexico

Tom May welcomes the return of Oxford’s Jonquil as they release the first single from their upcoming album.

Interview: Trouble Books

Akron-based ambient pop duo Trouble Books discuss their aversion to playing live and their recent collaboration with Emeralds’ Mark McGuire.

Age of Steam

Becky Nye travels back to the halycon days of transport at the Isle of Wight Annual Steam Show

Review: Balam Acab — Wander / Wonder

James Manning explores the half-light of Balam Acab’s debut album

Review: Dinner

Cherwell whets its appetite at this student interpretation of Moira Buffini's Dinner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

This Amsterdam Nation

Alice Bullough gives us a captivating glimpse of life in Amsterdam through the lens

Three days at the Fringe

Cherwell Culture brings us some highlights from the Edinburgh Festival 2011

Portrait of a Rival (Part 2)

In continuation from our last photo essay, Joseph Caruana travels to Durham to show us what we're missing out on up Nor'

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 MirÃ³ on Society

Cherwell reviews the Tate Modern's retrospective on the life and works of Joan MirÃ³

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: BjÃ¶rk – Biophilia Singles Roundup

Tom May looks at the three songs to have been released so far from BjÃ¶rk’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

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Culture

Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

The rise of Stats.fm: Music as a signal of identity

‘Would you mind if I asked you a troubling question?’: ‘Ulster American’ in review

Subs, dubs, and AI flubs: Lost in film translation

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