Thursday 19th March 2026

Culture

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.

‘Don’t call me Shirley!’

A tribute to Leslie Nielsen and the spoof film

Santa’s Bookbag

We asked our bookworms what's on their wishlists this Christmas; here's what they told us

Review: The Sound of Music

Cherwell Stage shrugs off its intellectual aspirations for an evening of classic Austrian cheese

Review: Of Gods and Men

A quiet, gripping and urgently relevant masterpiece.

How to fill your Oxford drama vac-uum

A look at what's on in Oxford over Christmas

The Battle of Westminster in pictures

We sent our photoreporters to document the most dramatic day yet in the campaign against higher education reforms

The X3 protests

We sent our photoreporters to document the events of an unusual day in London

Why bother with Godard?

As JLG celebrates his 80th birthday, Cherwell considers the legacy behind the acronym

We Need To Talk About Steve

We wonder about interviews with authors. What are they for, and what should we ask?

Eighth Week!

So it's nearly time for that last essay. Don't forget to keep checking our photos till its really the end.

Wham, bam, Peter Pan

Will Hooper previews the last Moser show of the term - a feel-good panto all in the name of charity

Rad Cam stormed – photo story

What happens when the Rad Cam gets stormed by angry students? We send our best photographers, of course.

Best track of 2010: Born Free – M.I.A

'If ever a song was recorded as an excuse for a music video, it was ‘Born Free’.'

Review: High violet – The National

'This isn’t just another depressive US indie album'

The best new music of 2010

Cherwell's Music Editor reflects on the rejuvenation of rock and indie

Was the year easy on the ear?

Matt Walsh and Alex Dudok de Wit summarise the highs and lows of 2010’s music

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

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