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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

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