Saturday 17th January 2026

Culture

Damaging detachment: Reflections on the Booker Prize 

This Christmas vac, I made up my mind to get out of my reading slump using the Booker Prize shortlist, revealing toxic masculinity as a key theme.

In defence of the theatrical release

If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.

Falling out of Louvre

In spite of recent events, the expected heightened security was nowhere evident.

The cost of ‘free’: How streaming undermines the value of music

Monthly subscriptions may seem affordable when compared to vinyl, but the cost quickly accumulates.

Online Review: Agora

A celebration of enlightened scepticism, says Tom Cutterham

The Black President

Alex Dudok de Wit sheds light on the career of Afrobeat's founding father, Fela Kuti

Review: Boogie Woogie

A triumph of fun over art

Now you see her, now you don’t

Sophie Adelman takes a look at the latest disappearing act from J Blakeson

Win Hot Tub Time Machine goodies

The Cherwell has five packs of 80s shades, leg warmers and sweatbands to giveaway

Review: Henry VIII

Keep your head firmly on your shoulders with this production, writes Jennifer Cutting.

Cherwell’s Trinity Photo Blog, Week 1

The best of Trinity Term photography from around and about Oxford*

Try This: Zuleika Dobson

Henry Stewart-Brown selects a classic from his bookshelves

Mind Your Manners

Emma Butterfield has a chat with rising grime talent Rude Kid

Review: Date Night

Esther Kent finds Date Night less than thrilling

Document this! A Festival of Ideas

Jane-Marie Saldanha talks to the organiser of the London International Documentary Festival

Sarah Ajeamna-Daniel speaks to Gemma Arterton and J Blakeson

Sarah Ajeamna-Daniel speaks to Gemma Arterton and J Blakeson about their newest project, The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Why don’t you come on over, Trinity?

Music Eds Josh Lowe and Charlie McCann bring you all that’s hip to trip for the coming term

Review: The Glass Menagerie

The Glass is half full and twice over, writes Dave McLeod

First Night: An Ideal Husband

Does the OFS's last hurrah burn the house down, or go up in a puff of smoke? Andrew McCormack finds out.

Win tickets to see The Disappearance of Alice Creed

A pair of tickets to a screening of The Disappearance of Alice Creed are up for grabs

Review: Dear John

Tediousness rescued only by moments of unintended comedy, says Poppy Hodgson

Vacation in Pictures Blog

For 0th week, a selection of photos from different Vacation experiences this Easter...

Review: I Speak Because I Can

There's nothing beardy or vegan about Laura Marling's latest offering, says Natalya Segrove

Review: Erasing David

A truly unsettling film about privacy in Great Britain

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