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,...
Julay!
Chloe Cornish takes us to the jaw-dropping landscape of the Himalayan mountain region of Ladakh
The Good Natured
Alex Chalk goes gothic with The Good Natured.
Review: Anna Karenina
Harry Dienes examines the latest cinematic adaptation of Tolstoy's epic.
Interview: Marina and the Diamonds
Olivia Arigho Stiles quizzes Marina and the Diamonds on fame, music and feminism
Interview: Alan Davies
Alan Davies talks about the pain of living and his imminent return to stand-up comedy
‘We Bury Our Own’ Exhibition Review
Rachel Hutchings reviews Christian Thomspson's evocative photography, currently exhibited at the Pitt Rivers.
Illyria Film Fund opens in Oxford
Nick Hilton speaks to the founders of a new film fund aimed at aspiring film-makers amongst Oxford students
Review: Downton Abbey – Series 3
Lizzie Greene is still enjoying the nation's most loved and least plausible period drama
Interview: Peter Bradshaw
Hattie Soper speaks to Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw about his career and the future of cinema
Review: Looper
Georgina Pollard is impressed by this new take of the time travel movie
Is there a ‘way to be gay’?
Adam Whiley is frustrated with a book that he believes undermines the advances of the LGBT movement.
Preview: A View from the Bridge
Heather Young watches a believable reality unfold before her eyes
Lied-ing Light
Katy Wright talks to Sholto Kynoch, artistic director of the Oxford Lieder Festival.
All Freshers to the Stage
Cherwell Stage offers a guide to all you need to get started, whether aspiring impresario, techie or prima dona
