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NAZA: The most important film of the year

The filmmakers of NAZA clearly know that beyond physical distance, emotional distance is what allows the violence in Gaza to continue, and shows us just how easy it is to ignore what is going on right under our noses.
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In conversation with John Kennedy, “one of the most trusted voices in music”

In a media landscape often dominated by gossip, rumours, and sometimes pure hate, it’s undeniably refreshing to listen to John, a man who never lost sight of what really matters.
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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.
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The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.
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The Renovation of the Corner Club

The Oxford Hub has completely renovated what used to be the Corner Club on Turl Street to turn it into a centre for social enterprise. The downstairs was transformed into a cafe/restaurant, while the upstairs rooms will serve as meeting rooms, events spaces, a resource centre and offices for student-facing charities

Revolution vs. Repression

Cherwell thinks about appearances and reality at the Ashmolean's exhibition of state graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s

Review: Tragedy: A Comedy

Rebecca Tatlow is entertained by a new take on the Bard's greatest works

Review: Parklife Weekender

This two day extravaganza in the heart of Manchester receives a glowing 5 star review from Cherwell

Interview: Morgan and West

Rosalind discovers few secrets from these masters of mystery

First Night Review: For Coloured Girls

Fiamma Mazzocchi Alemanni is enchanted and challenged by some very colourful girls

These Boots are made for SlutWalking

Lauri Saksa travels to London to capture a quirky call for women's rights at this weekend's SlutWalk event

The sun sets on Dream Pop Indie

Cherwell plots the trajectory of Dream Pop today and the emergence of new genres in its wake

Saying No(r)way to cliché

Norwegian singer Jenny Hval talks to Cherwell about working within the feminist tradition and making music on the margins

I can’t survive ‘er

This week our music blogger Remi Graves finds reasons to rant in Beyonce's latest hit

Review: Barefoot in the Park

Rosalind Stone almost literally laughs her socks off watching this production of Neil Simon’s play, Barefoot in the Park

Review: Brideshead Revisited

Rebecca Tatlow adapts herself to a new production of the Oxford favourite, Brideshead Revisited

Review: Tamburlaine

Francesca Wade takes on Marlowe's tyrant of humble origins

Review: Charley’s Aunt

May Anderson finds farce and fun in this Victorian revival of a West End record-breaker

Review: Three Trapped Tigers – Route One or Die

Cherwell takes a look at this synthesis of sounds which sees Three Trapped Tigers burst, quite ferociously, onto the music scene

Oxford Explored

Jin Lee ventures out of the tourist clichés and brings us a fresh view of Oxford

Reimagining education

Cherwell speaks to novelist Abigail Tarttelin about creativity and education following the launch of her debut novel, Flick

The curious nature of curation

Sue Johnson’s new exhibition of paintings, The Curious Nature of Objects, offers a welcome opportunity for Cherwell to take another look at the Pitt Rivers collection

Review: Lau vs Adem – Ghosts

The Scottish folk trio produces a record that aims at a deconstruction of their traditionalism

Pop go the Monkeys

Cherwell is intrigued by Arctic Monkeys' shift towards classically structured pop on their latest album, Suck It and See
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