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,...
Culture Vulture
The culture editors pick over the carcasses of fourth week's offerings
Just right with Cartwright
Christy Edwall talks apartheid and friendship with the acclaimed author
Noughtie Oxford
Tom Cutterham reviews Ben Masters' first novel - a eulogy to student life
Film’s four-legged friends
Sasha O'Connor accompanies our War Horse review with a broader look at iconic horses in cinema
Review: War Horse
Joseph Newall is unimpressed by Spielberg's equine epic
Press Preview: Cabaret
Alex Sheppard visits the seedy Kit Kat Klub
Wise-ing Up
Christy Edwall takes a tour of Summertown's Sarah Wiseman Gallery
Women at Work
Rebecca Loxton talks to Oxford grad Joanna Berry about the new chick-lit
First Night Review: The Hothouse
Pollyanna Marsden is captivated by this interpretation of Pinter's masterpiece
Review: On the Line
Daniel Frampton is unimpressed by the lack of originality and flare in 'On the Line', showing at the Wadham Moser Theatre
Messiah Man: Preview
Lilith Dornhuber de Bellesiles attends the Messiah Man preview performance and its writers give Cherwell Stage a glimpse of the man behind the play
Review: Curse of the Oxford Revue
Joshua Phillips is tickled, though not bowled over, by the antics of Oxford Revue
Review: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Out of Frequency
Marc Pacitti is left with a spring in his step by new release from Denmark's Asteroid Galaxy Tour
DVD Review: The Burma Conspiracy
Nathan O'Neill considers Jérôme Salle's latest comic book adaptation