Sunday 19th October 2025

Culture

Are you listening comfortably? Audio drama and theatre

When people think of podcasts, they probably wouldn’t associate them with theatre. Yet it was this seemingly unlikely convergence between the two forms that led me to attend the...

Algorithms of individuality: ‘The Consciousness Company’

As Stephen Fry wrote, The Consciousness Company by M.N. Rosen addresses the “enormous ethical,...

Over-the-top-vlogging and call centres: Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK is a one-man show following the journey of Uday Kumar...

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

There is no reason why a remake should remain inferior to its source material;...

Review: Batman The Pantomime

The Dark Knight becomes Light Entertainer

Review: A Dream Play

William Hooper finds his dreams coming true in this spectacular production

Farce: A Serious Business

An interview with author and director of Restrictions May Apply

First Night Review: Monsters

Rimika Solloway sees this powerful production answer its critics

The awards season hits oxford

A look at the upcoming Oxford Film Festival and the "Ox-scars"

Love During Wartime

All's fair in love and war

Watch Together/Watch Alone

A guide to what to opt for whether you're on a date or having some alone time....

Review: Never Let Me Go

Young British heavyweights Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s novel set in an alternate Britain.

Review: Spring Awakening

Conor Tucker is impressed by this powerful, punkish musical

Review: Paul

Pegg and Frost's latest effort is in dire need of the Wright stuff.

Interview: Mark Romanek

Cherwell speaks to director Mark Romanek, the self-professed 'film brat' behind 'Never Let Me Go'

A ‘Jerry Maguire’ Guide to Love

Cherwell takes a look at what the 1990s classic tells us about love and the rom-com.

Back to the age of innocence

They call it peter-pan complex

The Sublime and the Grotesque

Cherwell reviews the Oxford Art Movement show with a tantalizing theme.

21 Sketchbooks

Alisha Patel interviews the creators of Keble's collaborative art project.

Andrew Motion speaks out

Our poetry correspondent Concepta Cassar tries not to make any obvious 'motion' puns as the former Poet Laureate speaks at Oxford

Signs of the times

Cherwell photographers were out to record the messages left around Oxford.

First night review: Troilus and Cressida

An ancient tale full of modern twists

The fight continues…

The vote on tuition fee hikes passed but the student movement hasn't lost its vigour...

Music replay

A look at how listening has developed over the years

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