Friday 22nd May 2026

Culture

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ in review

The Harris Manchester Players immersed Oxford’s inhabitants in the delightful world of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest this May.

Inarticulacy in part and in whole: ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ in review

When I heard that Jim Jarmusch had released a new anthology film, I fondly remembered watching Night on Earth (1991) some years ago.

On Geese and the Cult of the Fake Fan

Great statistics could be drawn up about how often men in Oxford will want to talk to me about Geese. 

Booksmaxxing and the illusion of being “disgustingly educated”

If you are as chronically online as I am, then it is more than...

What Doherty did next…

Cherwell saw Pete Doherty of Pete Doherty infamy at the O2 Academy, and was pleasantly surprised by both his punctuality and his performance

Diving in at the shallow end

Is the short story a lesser genre? Ella Sands recommends some conveniently brief gems.

First past the postmodern

The latest round-up of contemporary British art, In the Days of the Comet, proposes to show us ‘alternative ways of thinking about the here and now’ yet only seems to confuse and irritate

Aphra

Harriet Baker reveals all about this pioneering female playwright

Review: The Man with a Flower in his Mouth

Wake up and smell the coffee: Josephine Sarchet discovers that Metta Theatre’s Pirandello performance in a café is more than just a gimmick

Taking Wadstock

Penny Sarchet tells us what its like to play with a funk soul ensemble at Oxford University's annual festival event.

Week in Pictures (2)

This week, Amelia Cox shares moments captured during her trip to Holland - and there's not a windmill in sight

Week In Pictures (1)

Joseph Caruana goes back home to Malta to bring us some splendid colour and light

May Day, May Day!

Cherwell's photo team document this year's May Day mayhem

Review: Marcus Foster Live

Francesca Wade is impressed by the rock ballads of Robert Pattinson's best mate

Review: Ashmolean Late and Pots and Plays

Operas, poetry, audio plays and two very intense DJs - Rebecca Tatlow reports on one of her favourite nights out in a long time

Review: Call of the Wild

May Anderson reviews the much anticipated stage adaptation of Jack London's novel, Call of the Wild, and is far from disappointed

Entering the Cult of Beauty

Laetitia Weinstock spends a sensuous evening indulging her senses at the opening of the V&A's new exhibition

Review: Jenny Hval – Viscera

The Norwegian singer draws out highly eroticized soundscapes on her latest recording, writes Cherwell's Music Editor, En Liang Khong

Review: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues

Thomas May explores Robin Pecknold's new depths on Fleet Foxes' sophomore outing

From Rags to Rubble

Rebecca Tatlow explores three different versions of a classic - Prokofiev’s Cinderella

Review: Nine Type’s of Light

Patrick Scott reviews TV On The Radio's latest musical offering

Review: Scream 4

Mark Shand reviews the Scream franchise's latest instalment

Big budgets, scanty scripts

Harry Tuffs reviews what is possibly Hollywood's worst offering since SATC 2

Review: Spurious

Tom Cutterham finds out it's still grim up North after reviewing Spurious, Lars Iyer's first novel derived from his blog of the same name

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