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“What is a good life?”: The Standard of Living in review 

“What is a good life?” This axiological question, asked earnestly in the opening lines of James Graham’s The Standard of Living – playing at Theatre Royal Haymarket until December 12 – is often overlooked by the fractured and hyper-specialised discipline of economics.

Diverse voices: ‘Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah’ by Miljenko Jergović 

‘When he created Earth and these lands upon it, when he divided people into...

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into...

Good grief! Why do we feel for the death of fictional people?

Whether it’s a mild sniffle or full-blown tears, I always end up feeling a bit ridiculous about the whole ordeal when it’s over. I mean, it’s not real, is it? Why do I waste my grief on things that haven’t happened, that will never happen?

First Night Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Will Granger thinks there's plenty to say about this something.

First Night Review: No Exit

Max Marenbon checks in, and checks out Sartre's classic at the Frewin Undercroft

Online Review – Fourtissimo

A new comedy of modern manhood hits the BT next week. Will it stick?

Online Review – Dangerous Liaisons

Ice-cold trysting at Trinity in a superb garden play

A Lovely Labour, Well Found

Andrew McCormack picnics with Shakespeare and St. John's Mummers

‘5th WEEK’ – Cherwell’s famous Photo Blog

Beat those blues with brilliant photography from around Oxford

Preview: Magdalen Film Society Screenings

A preview of In the Realm of the Senses & The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover

Online Review: Bad Lieutenant

Deranged and brilliant says Benjamin Kirby

First Night Review: Measure for Measure

Alisha Patel condemns not the fault, nor the actors in this triumphant production.

The Future’s Brightwide

Jane-Marie Saldanha talks to Paola De Leo, Executive Director of a new website for Social and Political cinema

Review: The Prince of Persia

Fans of the genre will most likely enjoy it, but others should give it a miss

What Makes A Classic: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Cinema drugged up to its eyeballs, says Benjamin Kirby

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?

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