Monday 27th October 2025

Culture

‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...

On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important...

Cherwell’s Weekly Photo Blog: Take Five!

Take a look at some excellent Oxford photography - and send in your own!

Ruddigore: First Night Review

A riotous romp at the O'Reilly

Review: The Invention of Love

This evocative production left Alex du Sautoy misty-eyed

Review: Crave

Will Granger reviews this brave attempt at a daunting script

Review: Vinegar Tom

Go to be provoked rather than entertained, says Ellie Hindes

Review: The Philanthropist

A funny, mature and professional production, says John Warriner

Review: The Aphorist

This show's potential overpeers its problems, says Josh Baldwin

Review: The Wolfman

A film that lacks bite

Online review: Invictus

A painfully inept plot overshadows brief flashes of brilliance

The Open Heart of Colin Thubron

Our Books Editor discusses the art of travel with one of its finest living exponents

Review: A Single Man

A truly heartbreaking work of staggering beauty

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Andris Nelsons/Baiba Skride)

Classical music review: Sheldonian Theatre, 5th February

Boxing: Town vs. Gown

Town triumph 7-4 over Gown - Photo Special!

Awesome Oxford Photography: Week 4

Almost half way through term, here's what it looks like...

Review: Ruddigore

Louisa-Claire Dunnigan gets a sneak preview of the first musical offering of the theatrical term!

‘In this world but not of it’

A look back over the uncompromising career of the late J.D. Salinger

Auschwitz-Birkenau-Bambi

A review of Miroslav Balka's 'Topography'

Review: Our Country’s Good

Meta theatre and good bad acting make this a production worth seeing

Writers on Track: NWF

The Producer of the New Writing Fesitval lets us know how it's all going

Review: One Life Stand by Hot Chip

A four-star fourth offering

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