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,...
The Fresher’s Guide to Cuppers
A gentle introduction to the fray that is OUDS' annual drama competition
The New Revue
The Oxford Revue has been rehauled and sexed up in time for Michaelmas
An Introduction to Deep House
Sam Ward breaks down five deep house classics
A Month in Music
As the summer comes to a close, Jack Chown reviews some of September's offerings...
Review: 10×10: Drawing the City London
Cherwell was invited along to Article 25's annual workshop of Britain's most exciting architects
Review: Joe Bedell-Brill – Drifters
William Pimlott is captured by this debut EP
Interview: Debut Novelist Lauren Johnson
Lauren Johnson tells Cherwell Arts and Books about her first novel, The Arrow of Sherwood.
The Mercury Prize – A celebration of ‘beige’?
The music awards that hinder rather than help Britain's rising stars...
Review: Arctic Monkeys – AM
'Why on earth would they ever look back?'
Review: Houghton Revisited
Mimi Goodall is underwhelmed by the return of Robert Walpole's collection
Review: Burial Rites
Douglas Grant finds Hannah Kent's debut to be a lyrical blend of fact and fiction
Review: 1913 – The Year Before the Storm
Enyuan Khong examines Florian Illies' account of the world before World War One
Review: Reading Festival 2013
Luke Barratt waves a fond farewell to the festival of his tender youth
Oxford – the Anti-Reading List
Holly Whiston discusses the books that give the wrong impressions
