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: Theophilus London – Timez Are Weird These Days
Cherwell is unconvinced by the Brooklyn rapper's debut album, following his breakthrough EP earlier this year
A farewell to Lucian Freud
Cherwell looks back on the life and art of Lucian Freud, one of the greatest portrait painters of our time
The best band you’ve never heard of
Steffan Blayney explores the odd delights of The Odolites, 25 years on
Shorted circuits
With the release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Huw Fullerton muses on how the franchise lost its way
Sexual stuff and nonsense
Matthew Isard finds himself disappointed by Kaboom, Gregg Araki's story of sexual awakening with a sci-fi twist
What’s it like to be a bee?
Brian Earp takes a look at our moral obligations towards insects in the light of new research which concludes honey bees feel emotion
Banter and Posthumousness
Cherwell asks Lars Iyer some questions about his debut novel, Spurious, and the relationship between fiction and philosophy
Review: Within and Without
Cherwell finds moments of assertion on Ernest Greene's debut album
Review: The Tree of Life
Not exactly a review: Jacob Williamson struggles to come to grips with The Tree of Life
Teacher of Dance
Cherwell is illuminated by Haegue Yang's first major UK show at Modern Art Oxford, and its exploration of ideas through light, shape, and movement
Summer in Berlin
Two decades after the collapse of the wall dividing east from west, and Berlin has started to shape a new identity for itself. Amongst the stark remnants of a tumultuous and violent past, humanity flourishes and old wounds begin to heal. Becky Nye travels to Berlin to capture a sense of this rejuvenated city
Enduring Improv
Eloise Stevens discovers choro, the popular improvised music of Brazil, and looks at its place within the jazz movement.
Everything and Nothing
Cherwell reviews A Book for All and None, the literary debut from Clare Morgan, course director of the Oxford MSt in Creative Writing
Review: Hop Farm Festival (Saturday)
Francesca Wade heads down to Kent to witness Morrissey and Lou Reed inject this newish festival with some old style
