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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...

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;...

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.

How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be...

Review: Bestival

Cherwell gives a glowing (but exhausted) review of a weekend of music, mud and Madonna outfits

The Fringe

This week, we continue with the second part in our series on street festivals as Sophie Balfour-Lynn gives us a taste of the drama at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

From the Sublime to the Riddikulus: Part 2

Was the magic really there? Cherwell takes a look back over the Harry Potter film series and says... Yes. Well, maybe.

From the Sublime to the Riddikulus: Part 1

Was the magic really there? Now that the world and his wife is sure to have seen the final installment, Cherwell takes a look back over the Harry Potter film series and says... No.

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: August 2011

Cherwell Music presents one hour of August's best music, from Blood Orange's minimal indie-funk to the swaggering single from hip hop super-duo DOOMSTARKS.

Review: What is love anyway?

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 Miró on Society

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

Tracey on Tracey

Charles Mercer has mixed feelings about Tracey Emin's new survey exhibition at the Hayward

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