Friday 7th November 2025

Culture

Erotic suspense and trickery: ‘Twelfth Night’ at St Hugh’s 

Lovers mismatched, siblings detached, and plans of trickery hatched: it is the time of year for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (otherwise known as What you will), performed in St Hugh’s...

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons)...

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’ 

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political...

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.

Review: Four Lions

Alistair Smout reviews Chris Morris' controversial new comedy

Why We’re Fussed About Fassbender

Jane-Marie Saldanha talks to actor Michael Fassbender

What Makes A Classic: Singing in the Rain

Why Singing in the Rain has such staying power.

LIDF Blog: Part One

The Cherwell's blog from The London International Documentary Festival

What Makes A Classic: On The Waterfront

Jacob Williamson discusses Marlon Brandos's performance in On The Waterfront

Online Review: Eyes Wide Open

A refreshing take on forbidden love says Esther Kent

What makes a classic: Amelie

One film can change your life forever

Online Review – No Exit

Emily Hawes takes advantage of the free advertising in Cherwell Stage?

Online Review: Robin Hood

Sophie Adelman gives her verdict on Ridley Scott's latest release

4th Week Photo Blog

Terrific photography from around Oxford* v. 0.4

The Thirties: An Intimate History

Olivia Williams talks to Juliet Gardiner about that 'low, deceitful decade'

Carnaby Street Fashion – A Retrospective

Former Elle Fashion Director tells Olivia Williams that youth culture needs to up its game

Online Review – Pool (no water)

St Catz lobs an avant-garde grenade at Oxford’s classical theatre

Review: Measure for Measure

Jacob Zwaan measures up Matthew Monaghan's lady-loaded romp through Shakespeare

Patch me if you can

Maximillian Millard talks to the Ivor Novello-nominated indie hopefuls, Patch William

Review: In the Land of the Free

Verdict: unjustly overlooked

Review: Sus

Jack Binysh reviews the latest suspenseful film about unusual suspects

First Night: The Oxford Revue and Friends

Verdict: A more-than-alright revue.

Online Review – Translations

An Anglo-Irish language barrier teaches us about the gaps between us all

Stage Review – The Way of the World

Jocks, frocks and coxcombs in the gardens of Univ

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