Friday 6th February 2026

Culture

The mysterious posters in Oxford, and the novel behind them

I had assumed it was just another poster, lost in the usual blur of student plays, society termcards, and talks promising free pizza. But this one was oddly specific.

Musical theatre and classic literature: A marriage of two minds?

Musical theatre owes a great debt to the literature of preceding centuries. Often, all we need is one idea to ignite a spark that leads to something greater.

Rich and generative: In conversation with ‘The Glass Menagerie’

After the success of The Creditors last Michaelmas, the Keble-based Crazy Child Productions is set to bring Williams’ breakout work to the Keble O’Reilly.

How not to decolonise a museum: ‘Suturing Wounds’ at the Pitt Rivers

Emma Heagney reviews Sara Sallam's exhibition at the Pitt Rivers and how the museum interacts with decolonisation.

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

Review: Ellie Goulding at the O2 Academy

The refreshingly quirky vocalist doesn't disappoint, says Matthew Shribman

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