Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Discussing cultural FOMO (fear of missing out)
Delia Lockey comes to terms with how she missed seeing Disclosure at the O2
My Week- Ksenia Levina
Ksenia gives us an insight into her cultural passions
Letter from St Petersburg
Toby Mather lets us know how he is getting on in St Petersburg
Preview: Foxfinder
A look ahead at this tight, confident and promising performance of Dawn King's dystopia
Album Review: Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
Nothing new from the ageing grunge band
Interview: Fossil Collective
Luke Barratt ponders Americana, success and simian body-swaps with Fossil Collective
Review: Spoonface Steinberg
A stellar performance of a mundane script
Review: Out of Print
How can news organisations survive the transition to digital and social media, George Brock asks?
Poem: Oxford
We publish the winning entry to our weekly poetry competition
Cultural reflections
A finalist opens his mind to the aging process and its effect on his cultural identity
Sarah Rutherford’s cultural must-dos
The writer behind Adult Supervision tells Cherwell about hair, the BNP and dirty realities
Letter from Bonn
Our former editor Will Pimlott sends a missive from his year abroad
Oodles of OUDS
A look at the term ahead with OUDS president Katie Ebner-Landy
Preview: Spoonface Steinberg
A convincing, thoughtful and original one-woman portrayal of an autistic girl suffering from cancer
