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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...

The burden of the face: Why are so many singers wearing masks?

We can all name at least one musician who has performed behind a balaclava, helmet, or hood. Whether to preserve anonymity, cultivate mystery, or construct an entirely new artistic identity, masking the face is common among those under the limelight.

New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month 

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the...

“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...

Straight to DVD: Mob Doc

Out of Africa...we review the latest from Kenya's Jitu studio

Review: The Broken

Our review of Sean Ellis' latest horror flick

On the road to nowhere

Casting an eye over Sam Mendes' Oscar-baiting 'Revolutionary Road'

Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Review of the third outing from the Glaswegian art-rockers

See the People

Through a sparse metaphysical landscape, Makind walks a tense, manic path

Theatre Expert: a third of all West End theatres may go bankrupt

In an interview with Cherwell, the author of a GLA report on the West End discusses what its future may hold

Look Closely

Yasmin Reza's play Art is a perfectly staged composition of fury and mischief

Take To The Streets

In the latest in our series on world theatre, Cherwell dons the cap of the workers to look at the influence of theatre on 1980s protests in Eastern Europe

Blindness isn’t Love

Frank Marcus's play Blind Date is poignant, but ironic viewing

Bringing it all back home

Cherwell deals with the personal problems of the singer-songwriter.

Bon Iver: Blood Bank

We review Bon Iver's latest release.

Antony and the Johnsons: The Crying Light

We review Antony and the Johnsons' second album.

Interview: Emmy the Great

Sweet Valley High, destructive relationships and Emmy the Great's debut album...

Straight to DVD Review: Trailer Park of Terror

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a film not even the director bothered to see.

Review: Valkyrie

In cinemas January 23

Review: Milk

In cinemas January 23

Romeo and Juliet at the RSC

Shakespeare's tragedy impressed our reviewer

Auditions

We ask some thesps what acting in Oxford's really like

From Interzone to Atlantis

Miguel Gately considers the distorted legacy of William S. Burroughs

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