Wednesday 17th September 2025

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...

The Blue Trail: Reviewed

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...

Oxford Literary Festival: Robert Winston

Nicky Henderson reviews 'Reinventing the wheel', a talk by the public's boffin of choice.

15 years since: The Bends

Beau Woodbury looks at the impact of Radiohead's breakthrough album

Online review: Alice in Wonderland

Great cast, great characters...a shame about the plot

Online review: The Blind Side

More like the bland side of cinema, says Sophie Adelman

Feature: Beyond Bourne

Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass discuss their latest film, Green Zone

Online review: Green Zone

Much more than Bourne in Baghdad

Online review: The Princess and the Frog

Luke Partridge gets nostalgic over hand-drawn animation

A guide to the good, the bad and the Nazi

Fay Lomas meets Hitler's South American fan club in a provocative new translation of Roberto Bolaño

More than just elephant dung

Emily Hawes meets monkey apostles, philandering golfers and an icon of police racism in a new Ofili retrospective

Profile: Student Bands

Ro-to-the-land/The Great Gartini and PRDCTV

Preview: Stoning Mary

Louisa-Claire Dunnigan on a terrifying 'what if' world

Live at Comma Club

Music Editor Alistair Smout heads down to Cellar to check out the best student acts

Preview: Villainy

Richard O'Brien finds out why the good guys always win when it comes to Oxford's light entertainers

Preview: The Duchess of Malfi

A poor production fails to live up to Webster's tragic masterpiece

Interview: The Spring Offensive

James Maloney chats to The Spring Offensive about the band leading the Oxford scene

Preview: Knives in Hens

Rob Holtom on the last BT play of the term

Oxford in ten objects

Annabel James follows a BBC initiative celebrating the local history.

Top 10: Drama Finalists

Cherwell picks out ten stars of the future from this year's finalists

Review: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside

The Edward's Boys bring Cheapside into Somerville chapel

Feature: The Next Dimension

Rebecca Treece dons her 3D specs and stares into the future

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