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.
Graphic Violence
Cherwell offers two different perspectives on the much maligned comic book
Under the Covers
Cherwell chats with David Pearson, designer for the Penguin Great Ideas series
Judged By Its Cover: The Yellow Wallpaper
Cherwell eyes up the Dover Thrift Edition of The Yellow Wallpaper
Judged By Its Cover: Beloved
Cherwell examines the Vintage Classics edition of Beloved
Judged By Its Cover: Luchford
We look at the 2009 Steidl volume of Glen Luchford’s photography.
Judged By Its Cover: Kafka
Cherwell looks at the striking 2009 Oxford World’s Classics editions of Kafka.
Spinal Tap Revisited
Has this cult classic lost its appeal for the MTV generation?
Dream Diaries: Part 1
Producer of A Dream Play, Charlotte Ellis, takes us behind the scenes with an insider's view into putting on a play
Review: The Thin Red Line (1964)
There is something to be said for Andrew Marton’s gritty take on James Jones' novel.
Review: Betrayal
This piece about the Nazi occupation of Norway is something of a missed opportunity.
Review: ‘All Day’ by Girl Talk
Girl Talk release a disappointing third album
Review: No Direction Home
Scorcese's documentary on Bob Dylan is 208 minutes long, but still watchable
Review: Control
Anton Corbijn's sincere account of the life of Ian Curtis
Here’s Lookin’ at Zoo, kid
Andrew McCormack takes a stroll in the park with Albee's Zoo Story
