Culture
Books of the Month – Tony Blair, Robert Harris, and Oxcrime
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,...
Interview: Mazes and Milk Maid
Simon Torracinta discusses the Manchester DIY scene with lo-fi champions Mazes and Milk Maid
Noughts and Crosses – Director’s Blog Week Three
As the production starts to shape up, Phosile checks out the competition
Preview: The Dummy Tree
The Dummy Tree hits the right note, at the Burton Taylor Studio this week until Saturday
Revue do you think you are?
Steffan Blayney finds fresh-faced comedy talent in the Oxford Revue
Review: Real Estate – Days
Jake Hills reviews Real Estate’s sunny new LP Days, which arrives just in time to distract us from impending winter.
Review: James Blake – Enough Thunder EP
Natasha Frost takes a look at Enough Thunder, the new EP from ‘post-dubstep’ sensation James Blake
Resisting the meaningless
Simon Critchley talks power, politics and the problem of nihilism with Tom Cutterham
Review: Crazy, Stupid Love
Jacob Williamson takes a look at the new comedy starring Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling
Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 4
Hattie Soper finds herself disappointed by the latest adaptation of Jane Eyre
Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 3
Matthew Isard defends the upcoming reboot of the Spider-man film series
Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 2
Joseph Newall evaluates some remakes that may even surpass the originals
Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 1
Cherwell Film looks into the growing trend of remakes, reboots and adaptations
Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Cover Me
Cherwell Music ponders the art of the cover version, with examples of how to get it right (and wrong)
Frieze!
Rebecca Loxton reviews Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park
