Culture
The rise of genre fluidity: Is this the death of genre as we know it?
My favourite genre of music: a question I’ve found becoming increasingly difficult to answer over the years, and it’s only now that I’m discovering why. Whilst we may not...
Memory and Narrative in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu
"Now approaching the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, I return to Miguel Gomes’ 2012 feature Tabu."
Review: ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Middle East 1979-2003’ by Steve Coll
Tyrants should only be brought down by their own people; they become martyrs when brought down by foreigners.
Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits
The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...
Crafting Kingship: Hellenistic Royal Portraiture
"A standardised visual vocabulary of royal ideology represented by statues and coinage"
Oxford University Short Film Festival 2024 – Day 5
"The Keble O’Reilly was yet again packed for the last night of what has, by all accounts, been a fantastically successful run for the Oxford University Short Film Festival (OUSFF). "
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: Week 3
"Each week, Rufus brings you a poem along with his thoughts on it. This week, he looks at The Winter Palace, by Phillip Larkin."
Oxford University Short Film Festival 2024- Day 3
"The turnout was impressive, and Keble’s O’Reilly theatre was buzzing as we waited for the evening’s entertainment to start. "
Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before: Week 1
"Rufus' second column of the term looks at the poem Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins."
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe (Sathnam Sanghera, 2024): Review
Without confronting the wrongs of the past, the wrongs of the present will go on unabated.
Oxford University Short Film Festival 2024 – Day 1
"It is the first night of the Oxford University Short Film Festival, which features five days of screenings of student short films."
Forget Her Not: Rediscovering Women in Music- Week 1
At fifteen, I was fully and completely obsessed with the Californian soul/alternative R&B/jazz/funk band The Internet. It is for this reason that I can...
Grammys 2024: Reflection of Profitability or Recognition of Artistry?
The 2024 Grammys were everything they should be: glamorous, monumental, and of course, controversial.
Taylor Swift has made history by becoming the first artist to...
Portrait Spotlight: Sir Claus Adolf Moser (1984-5)
"Moser, like all other newly appointed Wardens, had full choice and control of patronage over his college portrait"
“Riotously Funny and Highly Enjoyable”: Blackadder Review
"It came as a pleasant surprise, therefore, that I found the production riotously funny and highly enjoyable."
The Autobiogra-phony
"A master of saying everything and nothing all at once! I sure would make a great celeb."
The Oscar Best Picture Winner You’ve Never Heard Of
"With the Oscar nominations for 2024 having been released in anticipation of March’s ceremony, it is worth looking back on a former Best Picture winner that has never got its due."
Cherwell Introducing: Zahra
In our Introducing series, Cherwell will be bringing you the best up and coming artists in Oxford. This week, Joseph interviewed Zahra.
