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: The Tea Party
Ben Jacobs has a whale of a time at this haunting tea party
Never Let Me Go: Responses
Two more perspectives on the cinematic interpretation of Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian Britain
Interview: Glyn Maxwell
A conversation with the playwright on Troy, poetry, and how verse can make it from the stage to the pubs
Review: Dr Faustus
Oliver Moody watches Marlowe's perennial classic lavishly resurrected in Blackwells.
First Night Review: Back to Back (New Writing Festival)
Cherwell takes a peep at Carla Neuss' tender but sometimes impersonal meditation on love
Review: Mahomet and Zaire
Francesca Wade is nearly but not quite convinced by these tales of religious fanaticism
Review: To Hold an Apple (New Writing Festival)
Rimika Solloway is pleasantly surprised by this semi-improvised offering
Review: Faultlines (New Writing Festival)
Francesca Wade watches someone swim out of the Burton Taylor...
Murder, they wrote
Are real murder cases fair game for the film and television industry?
The Oscars: A host of irritations
Cherwell is left cold by this year's bantering compères
On an uneventful night
The predictably predictable Academy Awards
Review: After the Dance
Amid a crumbling 1930s society, the dance must go on...
Review: Chekhov’s Baby
A 'must-see' production
Review: Accessory to Murder
Dana Walters pieces together the clues to discover a fine new drama
