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,...
A Bluffer’s Guide to: The New Wave of Hip Hop
Matt Jones walks you through some of the biggest names in the latest resurgence of US hip hop
Album Review: Europe – Allo Darlin’
Tom Hoskins finds that Allo Darlin' balances pain with euphoria to good effect
Review: The Tempest, Magdalen
Constantine Fraser laments the rain, as a high-spirited production of The Tempest is forced inside
Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Brasenose
Rosalee Edwards feels the fourth wall slipping away in front of her in this enthralling production
Review: Court, BT Studio Theatre
Tommo Fowler is instructed to call this piece of new writing 'meta theatre; mental theatre'
Review: Oxford Folk Weekend
Susan Yu finds Oxford Folk Weekend to be on good form
Preview: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Angus Hawkins highly recommends this outstanding production
Welcome to Wadstock
Cherwell spends the weekend at Oxford's favourite festival
Seeing a man about a dog
Christy Edwall speaks to author Mark Haddon about what comes after a bestseller
Oxford Oddities #3 – Univ
Viccy Ibbett explores the history of our colleges to discover eccentric artistic personalities, delving into Univ's past
A Bluffers’ Guide to: Anton Chekhov
Our weekly guide for the theatrically illiterate talks you through the Russian literary genius
May the Norse be with you
Rosalee Edwards defends our idiosyncratic Old English module from its critics
Preview: The Soldier’s Tale
Rosalee Edwards' expectations are exceeded by this devilish dance piece
Not so swinging sixties
Adam Whiley finds fault with an autobiography that is doesn't live up to it's promises.
