Monday 2nd March 2026

Culture

Confronting the future of art: ‘Responding to AI’ at Christ Church

‘Responding to AI’ an exhibition curated by Aniq Shamshi and Alice King, confronted the question of how artists perceive artificial intelligence directly.
Art Emma Heagney -

Lighthouse Productions on ‘Things I Know To Be True’

Fresh from the success of their debut production, Lighthouse Productions are set to deliver their second show: Andrew Bovell’s Things I Know to Be True (2016).
Culture Abigail Lakeland -

A masterclass in devising: ‘Noether’

This original play tells the story of the mathematician Emmy Noether and her struggles with the misogyny of her male peers against the backdrop of the rising Nazi state.
Culture Jessica Phillips -

In defence of academic writing

In my year out before my postgraduate degree, I made the momentous decision to start writing fiction. I’d recently got back into reading novels, and thought becoming a novelist would be an ideal way to commit my name to posterity.
Books Ben O'Brien -
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I ain’t saying he’s a golddigger

Alex Dudok de Wit investigates the effects of the global recession on the hip hop genre

Hidden Horror

Cherwell Culture finds three hidden horror gems. Less well known, but seriously scary. Don't read this column alone.

Should you go see Saw?

This Halloween's dose of gore is dissected by Dale Viva-Lee

Psychological Warfare

'Cherwell Film believes Paranormal Activity 2 to be a bad piece of cinema'. Time for an editorial debate

Are you trying to seduce me, Mr. Ralf?

Oliver Moody falls prey to the charms of a stage adaptation of The Graduate.

Cyrano Right on the Nose

There's nose-story like a good old story: Andrew McCormack's verdict on SF Productions Cyrano de Bergerac

Cherwell photo blog – Week 3

The photo blog returns, taking a look at the term so far

Claim your right to rewrite the new writing

Ballgowns, Strongbow and that Regina Spektor track: Carla Neuss gives her exclusive guide to writing a new drama.

Review: Despicable Me

Despite moments of hilarity and emotion, this is a fairly average animation.

The Myth of French Cinema

Luke Partridge on the assumed brilliance of French cinema

Review:The Royal Hunt of the Sun

Rimika Solloway on glittering gold and less than glittering shouting

Review: The New Electric Ballroom

Anna Milne relieves her adolescent sexual encounters with three old almost-maids

Review: Shobaleader One d’Demonstrator, Squarepusher

Olaf One d-Pezzledon listens to this 'acoustic-digital dichotomy'

More than Murder in the Cathedral

Chloe Noble fails to find the words for a play that wasn’t a play but a mystical experience

Not one to panda to the masses

Gold Panda tells Charlie McCann why he isn’t a fan of his music, and why he doesn’t care who is

OUDS Drama: a battle of the sexes

The Royal Hunt of the Sun and New Electric Ballroom directors talk to Carla Neuss about Inca warriors, sexual encounter and the ‘woman’s question’ in Oxford drama

C’est tres amusant, no?

Josephine Sarchet goes against popular belief and explains how French films can be funny

Review: A Town called Panic

Dale Viva-Lee begins a Cherwell Film French special with one of the best and strangest films of the year

The French Connection

Evie Deavall bridges the Channel and discusses cinematic camaraderie with actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus

When dreaming spires no longer inspire

Annabel James reviews two new exhibitions which explore the meaning we give to the materials around us
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