Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Culture

From cloisters to concrete: Oxford’s architectural evolution

As a proud member of one of Oxford’s younger colleges – one that didn’t make it into the set of Saltburn – the magnetic pull of the old Oxford...

Adolescence: Can TV spark radical change in young men?

Adolescence is just another example of art acting as a conversation piece. The recent...

Hand over Heart

"So bite the heel that walked you home in the rain"

Oxide Radio is a breath of fresh, musical air

"This free station is worth a listen"

Album review: Okkervil River

The Stand Ins, Jag Jagwar records

God on film

Cherwell's pick of Christian cinema's defining moments

Film meets the maker

Cherwell finds God at the cinema

Cat’s Cream: Week 2

Dauntless investigator Catherine Molony risks degree and heart failure to sample Oxford's nightlife on your behalf. Here are her tips for second week.

First night review: Agamemnon

The Greek play at Oxford. Any good this year?

Chain Reaction

The effect of teen films on the aesthetically challenged

Review: Eagle Eye

Out 17 October

Book Review: A Prickly Affair

By Hugh Warwick, published Allen Lane, £14.99

Blasphemy: Atonement

Each week Cherwell cuts a literary 'classic' down to size. This week: Ian McEwan's Atonement

That much for a dead shark?

Cherwell looks at Damien Hirst's art show/auction

‘Don’t lean on the lectern’

Cherwell attends Kevin Spacey's inaugral lecture at St Catz

Genre Confused

This week Cherwell presents the idiots' guide to Post-Metal

Album Review: Oasis

Dig Out Your Soul, Big Brother Records

The Live Wire: Enter Shikari

The trance-rock quartet put on a formidable live show

A grand old man and his dog

Cherwell gets thespy with Nobel laureates Derek Walcott and Peter Manning

Igor Film Review

A new kids flick in the un-ending tirade of animated adventures hitting silver screens

The World’s A Stage 1st Week

We meet the Bourgeois (in Bourges)

Genre Confused 1st Week

Extolling the virtues of obscure music

An old-fashioned abracadabra

We take a look at the Burton Taylor magic show, Box of Tricks

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