Culture
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 few intelligent and readable things left in those outlets, has produced an excellent account of...
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,...
The Conservative Effect, 2010-2024 review: “Comprehensive and damning”
If you only read one book on British politics this year, make it this one.
The Book of Boredom
Cherwell reviews David Foster Wallace's unfinished, posthumous novel The Pale King, and wonders what might have been
A guide to summer reading
Barbara Speed guides new Cherwell readers through that most insurmountable of obstacles - your First Reading List
Review: Jonquil — Mexico
Tom May welcomes the return of Oxford’s Jonquil as they release the first single from their upcoming album.
Interview: Trouble Books
Akron-based ambient pop duo Trouble Books discuss their aversion to playing live and their recent collaboration with Emeralds’ Mark McGuire.
Age of Steam
Becky Nye travels back to the halycon days of transport at the Isle of Wight Annual Steam Show
Review: Balam Acab — Wander / Wonder
James Manning explores the half-light of Balam Acab’s debut album
Review: Dinner
Cherwell whets its appetite at this student interpretation of Moira Buffini's Dinner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
This Amsterdam Nation
Alice Bullough gives us a captivating glimpse of life in Amsterdam through the lens
Three days at the Fringe
Cherwell Culture brings us some highlights from the Edinburgh Festival 2011
Portrait of a Rival (Part 2)
In continuation from our last photo essay, Joseph Caruana travels to Durham to show us what we're missing out on up Nor'
Portrait of a Rival (Part 1)
This week, Joseph Caruana finds plenty of reasons why you might regret choosing Oxford over Cambridge on your UCAS form
A Miró on Society
Cherwell reviews the Tate Modern's retrospective on the life and works of Joan Miró
Tracey on Tracey
Charles Mercer has mixed feelings about Tracey Emin's new survey exhibition at the Hayward
Review: Beirut – The Rip Tide
Natasha Frost takes a look at Beirut’s first album in four years. Is the Balkan-folk-pop formula still a winning one?
