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,...
Teenage hobo junkie vampires
Tom Cutterham examines the serious side of an indie bestseller
Cult Books – American Psycho
Tom May reviews Bret Easton Ellis' classic American Psycho
Google: art on the line?
Rebecca Loxton investigates a new threat to museums and galleries
First night review: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Find out how Wilde's prosaic masterpiece makes its theatre debut at the Oxford Playhouse...
Should bands ever reform?
In the wake of The Stone Roses' second coming, Ceri Fowler wonders whether band reunions are ever a good idea
Review: Future Islands – On the Water
Sam Parsons examines the latest ocean-themed release from Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands.
Preview : It’s My Party
Polly Marsden goes to the preview of It's My Party, a brand new comedy which discovers what happens when no girls turn up to your Birthday Party.
Failure – and how to narrowly avoid it
The latest duo to emerge from the chrysalis - or sinking ship? - of the Oxford Revue gets put through its paces
Review: Will Rory and Tim sell out?
Introducing, getting up close with and - hastily previewing - Rory and Tim's new offering
Shakespeare Disappear?
Claire Harrill worries that bard may soon become barred as funding cuts take effect
Playing the beautiful game
Jessica Benhamou talks to Catherine Hakim, author of Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital
Do you like plays? They do
Fen Greatley salutes genuine dramatic entrepreneurialism
Going Wilde for Dorian
We take a look at a pretty picture's preparation
Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Oxford Blues
Cherwell Music takes a tour through the past and present of Oxford’s music scene
