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: A Row of Parked Cars
Josephine Sarchet is engaged by this revival of Matthew Parvin's two-man play about suicide and psychotherapy
Review: Act before you Speak
Hail to the Silence. Fiamma Mazzocchi Alemanni watches a play inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet
Review: Lovers: Winners
Lovers triumph in this production of Brian Friel's one-act play about the difficulties of young love
Review: 4:48 Psychosis
May Anderson diagnoses a case of dramatic apathy in this production of Sarah Kane's final work
From Page to Screen
Following the success of We Need To Talk About Kevin at Cannes, Cherwell asks what makes a good adaptation of a book to film
Here comes the sunflower
Remi tells us what happens when you put a bunch of hipsters in a room full of poetry, indie music and 60s rock n' roll
First Night Review: The Importance of Being Earnest
Eleri Thomas finds a new production of Wilde's farce 'utterly droll'
Interview: Shabazz Palaces
Ishmael Butler from the Seattle based hip hop group, Shabazz Palaces, ironically talks to Cherwell about shying away from press
Review: Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, New Theatre
Cherwell is blown away by the energy and passion of this Grammy Award Winning latin collective
Review: The Oresteia
Finola Austin is thoroughly turned off by a reworking of The Oresteia and discusses how it takes metatheatre too far
First Night Review: DNA
Rosalind Stone is blown away by the open air production of the play,DNA
Send in the Clowns
Lauri Saksa takes advantage of a ringside seat at Michelle Obama's address at Christ Church on Wednesday and sneaks some snapshots of FLOTUS and her attendant media circus
From Page to Picture: Kazuo Ishiguro
Cherwell meets the authors behind the books behind the films you love. Kazuo Ishiguro speaks about the complex relationship between film and the written word
Review: The Merchant of Venice
Conor Tucker discusses how RSC's most recent production of The Merchant of Venice doesn't quite add up
