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.
Review: Bj̦rk РBiophilia Singles Roundup
Tom May looks at the three songs to have been released so far from Björk’s highly anticipated Biophilia project
Review: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne
Bombastic masterpiece or rap-by-numbers money grab? Simon Torracinta takes on Jay-Z and Kanye West’s much-anticipated collaboration
No small feat
Matthew Perkins is enchanted and charmed by Arrietty
Top scores at the BBC Proms
We are well underway with “the world’s greatest classical music festival”: Leah Broad reviews the year’s concerts this far, and what to look out for in the season to come
Review: Little Dragon – Ritual Union
Simon Torracinta discusses the sensual new release by Swedish quartet Little Dragon
Britain and Ireland in colour
Sophie Balfour-Lynn takes us away from this week's riots with some captivatingly beautiful photographs of British and Irish landscapes and wildlife
An American parable
Jacob Williamson takes a look back at The Social Network and thinks about why its issues and ideas will continue to matter
Review: Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne
Francesca Wade is impressed by the Submarine author's new offering, a hilarious apocalyptic novel set on a Welsh commune
Washington DC, the street
Lauri Saksa hunts for pictures in the American capital
Cherwell Music presents Mixer: July 2011
Cherwell Music kicks off its series of online mixtapes with a round-up of recent releases and summer jams, featuring tracks by Wavves, Björk, Washed Out, Kendrick Lamar, and more
Review: Snow Patrol – Called Out In The Dark
Susan Yu explores the Bangor rock band's first comeback single
Review: The Horrors – Skying
The Horrors' third studio album is an immersive and coherent experience, writes James Manning
Review: Two Gallants at Hoxton Bar
The long awaited return to the road of this blues-folk duo leaves Cherwell wanting more
Review: Autre Ne Veut – Body EP
Cherwell finds little substance behind the eccentricity on the avant-R&B artist's latest EP
