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The rise of the pop girlie: Marketing mediocrity or feminism in action?  

“GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND”: so reads the iconic green T-shirt of Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon. The slogan stands in defiance of an unfortunate truth in the music industry: femininity and credibility often exist in contention with one another.
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World music after ‘world music’

On the face of it, the term ‘world music’ is perhaps one of the...
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NAZA: The most important film of the year

The filmmakers of NAZA clearly know that beyond physical distance, emotional distance is what allows the violence in Gaza to continue, and shows us just how easy it is to ignore what is going on right under our noses.
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In conversation with John Kennedy, “one of the most trusted voices in music”

In a media landscape often dominated by gossip, rumours, and sometimes pure hate, it’s undeniably refreshing to listen to John, a man who never lost sight of what really matters.
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Spinal Tap Revisited

Has this cult classic lost its appeal for the MTV generation?

Dream Diaries: Part 1

Producer of A Dream Play, Charlotte Ellis, takes us behind the scenes with an insider's view into putting on a play

Review: The Thin Red Line (1964)

There is something to be said for Andrew Marton’s gritty take on James Jones' novel.

Review: Betrayal

This piece about the Nazi occupation of Norway is something of a missed opportunity.

Review: ‘All Day’ by Girl Talk

Girl Talk release a disappointing third album

Review: No Direction Home

Scorcese's documentary on Bob Dylan is 208 minutes long, but still watchable

Review: Control

Anton Corbijn's sincere account of the life of Ian Curtis

Here’s Lookin’ at Zoo, kid

Andrew McCormack takes a stroll in the park with Albee's Zoo Story

Life is a Cabaret

Cherwell celebrates the cheesy power of musicals

Cinéma-voyeurisme

Cherwell takes a look at the music biopic

Sound Distortion

Matthew Shribman deplores the commercialisation of our modern day radio music

Review: The Decemberists

A stylish album that won't convert the nay-sayers

Review: White Lies

Not as slick as their debut album

Review: The Books

An album at once intelligent and light-hearted

Interview: Jamie Woon

Cherwell chats with the up and coming singer-songwriter.

Head in the Clouds

Art Jericho offers some stunning images of nature

Rad Cam!

Cherwell takes a look at the O3's exciting new show

The Savage Poet

Cherwell traces a path through the work of Roberto Bolaño

Review: Troilus and Cressida

A highly rated production of an underrated play

Review: The Red and the Black

Cherwell is taken in by this extremely fun adaptation.
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