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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,...

Review: A$AP Rocky – LONG.LIVE.A$AP

George King takes a look at the debut album from rap's newest star.

Interview: Alan Davey

James Fennemore discusses accessibility and culture cuts with the Arts Council UK CEO

Preview: Angels in America

Alexander Woolley previews Hilary's first Playhouse production

Preview: The Handmaid’s Tale

Georgina Wilson previews an innovative adaptation

Golden Globes: Round-Up

Alexandra Sutton celebrates a good year for Hollywood's women

Review: Midnight’s Children

Patrick Kennedy explores why Salman Rushdie’s adaptation is as richly eccentric as its writer

Books Crossing Borders

Cherwell interviews Nia Davies from Literature Across Frontiers

The Art of Deception: YBAs

Cherwell's guide to blagging the Young British Artists

Best of Cherwell Flickr

Check out Cherwell's Flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/groups/cherwellphoto/

Cracking news for Oxford residents

Wet weather causes huge rupture in Oxford Road

Know Your Thesp: Georgina Hellier

A glimpse at those treading the boards of the Oxford theatre scene

Burning Down The House@Babylove

Luke Barratt encourages Oxford to bring their jukebox money to Babylove

Focus on…new opera

Heather Young talks to Chris Garrard, composer of The Handmaid's Tale

Hilary Drama: An A to Z

Cherwell Stage looks ahead to what Oxford's theatre scene has to offer for the coming term

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