Culture

Seasonal reads: On childhood hobbies, growing up, and guilt

Reconnecting with reading is something many people tend to do on a summer holiday, and statistics suggest it is one of the only times the majority of  adults read...
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Between beer gardens and picnics: Climate Culture Care at the Ashmolean

When I returned to Oxford this term, just as England teased us with the sixth heat-wave of the year, I found myself at a loose end. With the deadline for two vacation essays still far in the distance, the sun lit up the sign for Soma Surovi Jannat’s Ashmolean Now exhibition, Climate Culture Care.
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“What is a good life?”: The Standard of Living in review 

“What is a good life?” This axiological question, asked earnestly in the opening lines of James Graham’s The Standard of Living – playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket until December 12 – is often overlooked by the fractured and hyper-specialised discipline of economics.
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Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović 

‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided people into...
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Interview: Mark Romanek

Cherwell speaks to director Mark Romanek, the self-professed 'film brat' behind 'Never Let Me Go'

A ‘Jerry Maguire’ Guide to Love

Cherwell takes a look at what the 1990s classic tells us about love and the rom-com.

Back to the age of innocence

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The Sublime and the Grotesque

Cherwell reviews the Oxford Art Movement show with a tantalizing theme.

21 Sketchbooks

Alisha Patel interviews the creators of Keble's collaborative art project.

Andrew Motion speaks out

Our poetry correspondent Concepta Cassar tries not to make any obvious 'motion' puns as the former Poet Laureate speaks at Oxford

Signs of the times

Cherwell photographers were out to record the messages left around Oxford.

First night review: Troilus and Cressida

An ancient tale full of modern twists

The fight continues…

The vote on tuition fee hikes passed but the student movement hasn't lost its vigour...

Music replay

A look at how listening has developed over the years

Review: Joan As Police Woman

Joan As Police Woman's new album veers away from the emotional loss that shaped previous outings

Review: Cold War Kids

Cold War Kids move away from their once distinctive sound in their new album

Review: Bruno Mars

Patrick Scott looks at Bruno Mars' long-awaited debut album.

Why we can’t afford to cut our libraries

Philip Pullman and others defend the importance of local libraries

A trip into the darkness of nazist paranoia

Concepta Cassar is shaken by a strong adaptation of Brecht

Chinese New Year’s Gala

Clare Richards and Maryam Ahmed went to see the glitter and light of the Chinese New Year's gala to bring us a piece of the wonderful Oxonian diversity

Silhouettes

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The poet’s Saul

Concepta Cassar is introduced to poetic dancing with Saul Williams

‘I’d like to thank my hamster’

Cherwell takes a quick look at the Oscar nominations

Review: The Fighter

Cherwell finds Christian Bale on top form in the much-awaited David O. Russell film
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