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: Call of the Wild
May Anderson reviews the much anticipated stage adaptation of Jack London's novel, Call of the Wild, and is far from disappointed
Entering the Cult of Beauty
Laetitia Weinstock spends a sensuous evening indulging her senses at the opening of the V&A's new exhibition
Review: Jenny Hval – Viscera
The Norwegian singer draws out highly eroticized soundscapes on her latest recording, writes Cherwell's Music Editor, En Liang Khong
Review: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Thomas May explores Robin Pecknold's new depths on Fleet Foxes' sophomore outing
From Rags to Rubble
Rebecca Tatlow explores three different versions of a classic - Prokofiev’s Cinderella
Review: Nine Type’s of Light
Patrick Scott reviews TV On The Radio's latest musical offering
Review: Scream 4
Mark Shand reviews the Scream franchise's latest instalment
Big budgets, scanty scripts
Harry Tuffs reviews what is possibly Hollywood's worst offering since SATC 2
Review: Spurious
Tom Cutterham finds out it's still grim up North after reviewing Spurious, Lars Iyer's first novel derived from his blog of the same name
Heracles to Alexander the Great
Cherwell visits the Ashmolean's first major exhibition since its refurbishment
Interview: Portico Quartet
Cherwell catches up with saxophonist Jack Wylie and drummer Duncan Bellamy at their East London home
Review: Cardenio
Much to her surprise, Rebecca Tatlow thoroughly enjoys the recent reimagination of Shakespeare’s lost play put on as part of the RSC 50th Birthday Season at The Swan in Stratford-upon-Avon
Review: A C Grayling at the Oxford Literary Festival
Tian Yi Zheng reviews A. C. Grayling's visit to the Oxford Literary Festival where he talks about his new work, The Good Book: A Secular Bible
Etcetera announces competition winners
Cherwell's literary supplement, Etcetera, announces the winners of their first Freestyle Writing Competition
