Monday 8th September 2025

Culture

Night School: Oxford’s after-hours curriculum

The first time I saw Nahom and Ethan, it wasn’t on a night out – it was an early morning. I was shuffling through the half-awake crowd when my...

‘Delusions and Grandeur’ at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ If there is one word to describe Karen Hall’s Delusions and Grandeur, it is...

The Oxford Revue at the Fringe

★★★⯪☆ Returning for their 62nd annual pilgrimage to the Edinburgh Fringe, the Oxford Revue rolled...

Academia is hell, literally: R.F. Kuang’s ‘Katabasis’

R.F. Kuang’s Katabasis touches on a range of near-universal academic experiences: impostor syndrome; frantic,...

Interview: Johnny Flynn

Cherwell talks laundry with the folk-pop star

1968 did not take place

Giving the middle finger to the Hayward Gallery's exhibition

Review: Oklahoma!

Moser Theatre, 6th week, Tues - Sat

Theatre Column: The Actor

Playing the role of Moritz in Spring Awakening

First night review: Bald Primadonna

Review by Edwin Black.

Review: The Ossians

Scottish indie rock clamouring for attention.

Review: The Need for Uncertainty

Mircea Cantor Modern Art Oxford Until 1 June

Student Play

BT Studio, 4th week, Tuesday - Saturday    

Rewriting the Mind

The Art of Translating a Text

Review: Swing!

O'Reilly, 4th week

First night review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

O'Reilly Theatre 3rd Week Tues - Sat

First Night Review: A Doll’s House

Oxford Playhouse 6-10 May 

The Futureheads – “This is not the world”

Monique Davis is underwhelmed by The Futureheads' latest offering

Interview: Mystery Jets

Harry Thompson meets the Mystery Jets.

Interview: Amara Karan

Ruth Banks talks to the self assured star of St Trinian’s and The Darjeeling Ltd. about her improbable rise to fame.

Interview: John Hurt

Ben Williams talks to a cinematic icon.

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