Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Festival Fun!
Martha Newson brings summer loving, from Mischief Festival, to a cold and wintry Oxford
Review: Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Ceri Fowler is charmed by Lysandre
Review: Everything Everything – Arc
Joshua Barfoot is underwhelmed by this sophomore release.
Who’s Afraid of Frightened Rabbit?
Marc Pacitti interviews the Scottish folk-rockers
Review: The Blackout – Start The Party
Isabel Stoppani de Berrie finds little to love in this car crash of a release.
If You Like… Radiohead
Katy Wright recommends soundtracks on the back of Oxford's finest band.
The Year in Fear
Cherwell Film and TV guides you through Horror of early 2013
Sheila Heti keeps it reel
Barbara Speed talks to Sheila Heti about recording her friends for fiction
Hands tied on Fifty Shades spin-off
Alexander Woolley looks at a mischievous prank on a fickle industry
Focus on… Gilbert and Sullivan
Claire Rodwell delves into the world of the Oxford University G&S Society
Preview: A Theory of Justice: The Musical
Alexander Wilson is impressed by this student-written musical
Preview: They Will Be Red
Alexander Woolley is impressed by this innovative BT production
Nostalgia just isn’t what it used to be
Lizzie Greene explores the world of British Period Drama and its sense of bygone Britishness
Review: Django Unchained
Emily Hislop revels in the strange brilliance of Tarantino's latest release
