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One f**king thing after another: ‘The History Boys’, revisited

Grab your motorcycle helmet. Sharpen up on the subjunctive. And cue the synthetic pulses of ‘Blue Monday’. The History Boys is back. Alan Bennett’s 2004 play followed a cast of...
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What are you looking at? A reflection on the Ashmolean’s Aphrodite exhibition 

The woman crouches, nude. A gauzy blue curtain hangs where she hides her chest;...
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The midterms and the YA novel: Impossibly happy endings

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.
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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be...
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Review of TodaysArt festival

I know what Cherwell did this summer - Harry Scholes reviews TodaysArt in The Hague

Failing at art: Destroyer interview

Tom May describes how he learned to love Dan Bejar’s music after meeting him at this year’s Green Man festival

Michaelmas art termcard

Barbara Speed takes you through this term's free exhibitions

Meet Destroyer

Despite his immense prolificacy, Dan Bejar has often flown sharply under the radar. Cherwell Music recommends some of the highlights of his extensive back catalogue.

Singing a Bonnie tune

En Khong talks to the playwright Bonnie Greer about taking on Question Time with her new opera, Yes

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Beyond Nevermind

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nirvana album's release, Cherwell Music takes a trip through American alternative rock

Review: Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Cherwell's Music Editor, Simon Torracinta, takes a look at Father, Son, Holy Ghost, the much-anticipated sophomore effort by California-based indie rockers Girls

Review: Jens Lekman – An Argument with Myself EP

Simon Torracinta indulges in Jens Lekman’s first release in more than four years, the delightfully tropical EP An Argument With Myself

Review: Danny Brown – XXX

Simon Torracinta examines Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s fascinatingly unconventional XXX

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: September 2011

Cherwell Music rounds up the best new tracks that September has to offer, for your listening pleasure.

Uganda right now

Freddie Bowerman frames the rhythm and beauty of daily life in Kampala, Uganda

Great Helsinki

Lauri Saksa explores the Finnish capital

Raw Digs at Straw Dogs

Miles Lawrence comes to the defence of Rod Lurie's remake of the classic Straw Dogs

Cherwell Music’s guide for freshers

Our music editors go in search for some of Oxford's best music venues and give you their pick of upcoming shows

No Benefits

Jacob Williamson doesn’t see the attraction in Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis’ new romcom

Review: Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix

Cherwell discusses A Different Kind of Fix, the third LP from Crouch End indie rock/folk quartet Bombay Bicycle Club

Review: Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know

Laura Marling dazzled with her first two albums, especially critics’ darling sophomore release I Speak Because I Can. Does her third full-length match up? Matt Walsh takes a look.

Cows, Combines, and Country Bumpkins

With the hay cut and the cows calved, Becky Nye gives us a concluding snapshot of rural life and farming on the Isle of Wight from the summer season.

Review: CANT – Dreams Come True

Natasha Frost dissects the first solo release from Grizzly Bear bassist and producer wunderkind Chris Taylor

The Cherwell Guide to Oxford Cinema

Cherwell Film provides a quick run-down on some of the places in the city you can go to satisfy your filmic cravings
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