Friday 19th September 2025

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...

The Blue Trail: Reviewed

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...

Proust: A simple guide

Tom Cutterham explains how to attack 'À la recherche du temps perdu'

How about a change? Try Metamorphosis

Annabel James finds that she wants to put down roots at the O3 gallery's new exhibition

Wake me up before you Gauguin

Katrina Kwan finds the Tate Modern’s exhibition to be a break from Oxford and the winter blues in general

The Charlies

Celebrating dramatic students since 2010

All the world’s a brand new stage

Carla Neuss tours the RSC’s new Stratford theatre, The Swan, opening this week with Dennis Kelly’s musical, Matilda

The Best Track of 2010: ‘CMYK’

Charlotte McCann's favourite song is the post-dub, post-garage, post-everything 'CMYK' by James Blake.

Reply to a Mood-swing

Rimika Solloway is impressed by just how fantastic a press preview can be when done properly

Review: Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

'Uncle Boonmee' is a completely impenetrable, utterly infuriating bitch of a film. I have seen many weird pieces of cinema in my time, from...

Interview: Anton Corbijn

Cherwell chats with Anton Corbijn, renowned music video director, photographer and director of 'The American'.

Interview: Violante Placido

Cherwell talks to Violante Placido, the Italian star of The American.

Drama queen only seventeen

Anya Reiss, shuffling papers and fiddling with her hair onstage, doesn’t seem to match up with herself on paper.

Online Preview: The Shape of Things

Somebody’s life is always worse than yours - an 8th week Schadenfreude pick-me-up at the Burton Taylor

Online Review: Peter Pan

Will Hooper embraces his inner child with Worcester's offering for 7th week

Online Review – Tamlane

Fairy tales told through interpretative dance - could it be just deranged enough to work?

Gone with the wand

Robin McGhee revels in the stylish awkwardness of the new Harry Potter.

Not quite the American dream

Cherwell meets the director of The American, but can't disguise our disappointment with the film.

Photo Blog – penultimate

The end is (nearly) in sight. Some more photos to get you through.

Interview: Lesley Manville

Joe Zigmond talks to the star of Mike Leigh's new film, Another Year

First Night Review: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Peaches and dynamite: Oliver Moody on the best chapel play he has seen in a long while

The Write Stuff

'With novels, there’s no danger that the special effects budget will eat into the script-writers’ allowance'

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