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How cinema has taught us to see Autumn

Autumn is clearly a time for comfort and reflection, a fact the film industry has learnt very well and pumps into new releases.

Beyond litter and emissions: The environmental costs of loud sound at music festivals

The music festivals of the summer have packed up and moved on. Stages and sound systems have been dismantled, litter cleared, and land reseeded.

‘Burning Down the House’: A review 

During the odd ‘in-between’ space that is Week 0, I searched for a show to give me something to do, amid the random dilly-dallying and the odd collection currently occupying my time.

Why ‘No Bad Memories’ is my album of the year

I didn't expect how perfectly my personal happiness would fit an album so preoccupied with the sounds of old advertisements and obsolete electronics, filled with the relentless optimism of a world that believed the future could only get better. 

Haiti benefit concert: watch online from 20th February onwards

Berliner Philharmoniker (Sir Simon Rattle/Mitsuko Uchida)

Courtney Love speaks at the Union

The controversial Courtney Love talks depression, commericalism and dealing with life after Cobain

First Night Review: The Invention of Love

An ambitious but flawed production.

First Night Review: Blithe Spirit

Rozina Bashir on the first night of Coward's supernatural farce

Win tickets to see Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s MICMACS

A unique opportunity for Cherwell readers

Review: The Lovely Bones

Sophie Adelman picks over the bones of a lacklustre adaptation

The Empire strikes back, or just a clone war?

The sub-par and the sublime in two London subcontinent shows

To infinity and beyond

Umberto Eco's lists leave us wanting more

Review: Life is sweet! Nice to meet you

Lightspeed Champion's latest offering is an exclamation of exuberance

To Kingdom Come

Our music editor chats to Animal Kingdom's Richard Sauberlich

The breaker of boundaries

Novelist Louis de Bernieres charms Cherwell with his gentle humour

Review: Crazy Heart

Star wattage illuminates an otherwise dull film

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

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