Friday 24th April 2026

Culture

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably not. At the time, I thought that the chaotic lives of the characters were what...

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...

‘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.

‘People are so hungry to create together’: Lisa Ko on going analogue, crafting, and writing the future

It’s 11:02am in New York when Lisa Ko appears on the video call. In Oxford, the sun is almost down.

Interview: Adam Buxton

Benjamin Kirby's extended interview with comedian, actor & radio presenter Adam Buxton

Interview: S1l3nc3

Oliver Moody talks to the acclaimed 'mind abuse' artist - in absolute silence

Review: Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up

Moneeb Nasir sizes up Oceansize's latest album, then heads to their gig for a reappraisal

Ionesco’s Play Is A Lesson For Us All

The futility of existence and pervasive erocticism: this play takes William Hooper back to school

Rekindling a passion for books

Jamie Randall takes on the traditionalists and finds himself E-lated by the prospect of electronic reading

Hie Sir Trevor to a Nunnery?

Carla Neuss anticipates Trevor Nunn’s appointment as an Oxford professor, and then wonders what he actually does

Internet on film

Like The Social Network? It's not the first of its kind

The Social Network

Joshua Rosaler was there at Facebook's foundation, and gives Cherwell the inside story

Review: Come Around Sundown

'Kings of Leon go for a scrappier aesthetic'

The privileges of being a Villager

Matt Walsh talks to Villagers' frontman Conor O'Brien about his song writing and Hermann Hesse

Review: The Social Network

A convincing, witty and devastating portrayal of relationships gone wrong.

Freshers’ guide to Oxford cinemas

A useful guide to Oxford's best places to stuff your face with popcorn.

Fragments from the Fringe

Cherwell Stagents Andrew McCormack, Rimika Solloway and Millie Towsend bring you the thrills and embarrassing spills from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Why we won’t bother to back the Booker

Chris de Beneducci wonders why Britain's foremost literary prize fails to connect with anybody under the age of twenty

‘Murder’ in Christ Church

A behind the scenes look at 'Murder in the Cathedral'

Review: Klavierwerke

Alex Dudok de Wit washes himself in James Blake's progressive fourth EP

Welcome to Rocksford

Alex Dudok de Wit and Matt Walsh load freshers into their musical go-kart for a tour of the city

Interviews: Nigel Cole, Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen

Jenny Glennon speaks to the director & producers of Made in Dagenham

Review: Surfing The Void

Owain Jevons grabs his surfboard and heads for the nearest vacuum

French Pop Music Today

Rachel Coombes sorts the wheat from the Piaf

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