Friday 28th November 2025

Culture

‘Everything is constantly emotion’: An interview with the cast and crew of ‘Doctor Faustus’ 

Seabass Theatre has carved out a niche for itself producing original takes on canonical texts, most memorably last year’s plant-inspired Hamlet staged at the former Music Faculty. When discussing...

Between performance and reality: ‘To What End?’ reviewed

To What End is a new meta-theatrical, absurdist play written by Billy Skiggs and...

Death’s Lament

Please, I have done what you asked.  I burned it all for her. I wrench the...

Review ‘End Times’ by Eels

A divorce made in heaven.

Review: ‘The Betrayed’ by Lost Prophets

Not quite dark or atmospheric enough

The Great Coll(abhor)ations

Our music editor examines the good, the bad and the unexpected

Top 10: Drama Freshers

Cherwell picks out ten leading lights among this year's drama freshers

Book Sucker Stage Magic

The novel's fans will love this adaptation of The Magic Toyshop, and so will you, says Tim Newey

Fifty years of Hurt

Nick Pierce interviews screen legend, John Hurt.

Review: Up in the Air

George Clooney et al achieve lift-off

Week 1: Welcome to our new Photo Blog!

Flick through this week's selection of the best photography from around and about Oxford.

Fyfe Dangerfield – Fly Yellow Moon

The Guillemots' frontman goes solo

Delphic – Acolyte

An impressive genre-fusing debut from the Mancunians

Vampire Weekend – Contra

More of the same from the Brooklyn four-piece

Death of an art form?

James Maloney tells us why album art is not a thing of the past

Out of the frying pan

James Maloney chats to Hot Chip's Joe Goddard about the band's new album, their school days... and fire

What you’ve been missing

A new column introducing you to little-known or underrated art-forms. This week: contemporary Arabic poetry

Earth: Art of a changing world

A major collaboration at the Royal Academy taking a conceptual look at the climate change issue.

Squaring the vicious circle

Our Books Editor reviews Eugene Rogan's impressive 'Arabs a History'

Squaring the vicious circle HRSP

Our Books Editor reviews Eugene Rogan's impressive 'Arabs a History'

Drama Briefing

Our regular bulletin giving you the lowdown on jobs, plays, workshops and other dramatic titbits.

Toying with our emotions

Cherwell finds that behind the merry title lies a disturbing show

Hilary’s dramatic highlights

Our Stage Editor takes a look at what's on stage this term.

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