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Leonardo da Vinci and his devilish… boyfriend?

When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the first things that come to mind are usually the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, or his myriad inventions and anatomical sketches....

Soundtrack to my degree

When I first came to Oxford, my Dad sent me the playlists he listened...

Blue Monday: Forever a New Order

Everybody knows Joy Division, everybody knows New Order. If the former’s post-punk gloom is...

Queen’s garden play review: ‘If you are a fan of the film you would have loved this theatrical rendition’

Honestly, I was more than happy to be spending my hungover Saturday relishing in...

Blindness review: ‘Unique first-person experience’

Blindness is performed entirely via sound, forgoing expectations of a traditional stage set and...

Review: Somewhere

Sophia Coppola’s latest film is worth a watch but does not quite match up to <i>Lost in Translation</i>.

The beauty of winter

Snow can mess up travel plans but we want to bring you the beauty of it as seen through our lenses...

Here Comes The Beat…

Rachel looks ahead to the royal wedding with a little musical dread.

Pay Day for tax dodgers

Jessica Goodman was in London to document a day of action against corporate tax evaders

Giant-Baby and The End of Love

Annabel James previews two new shows at Modern Art Oxford

‘Don’t call me Shirley!’

A tribute to Leslie Nielsen and the spoof film

Santa’s Bookbag

We asked our bookworms what's on their wishlists this Christmas; here's what they told us

Review: The Sound of Music

Cherwell Stage shrugs off its intellectual aspirations for an evening of classic Austrian cheese

Review: Of Gods and Men

A quiet, gripping and urgently relevant masterpiece.

How to fill your Oxford drama vac-uum

A look at what's on in Oxford over Christmas

The Battle of Westminster in pictures

We sent our photoreporters to document the most dramatic day yet in the campaign against higher education reforms

The X3 protests

We sent our photoreporters to document the events of an unusual day in London

Why bother with Godard?

As JLG celebrates his 80th birthday, Cherwell considers the legacy behind the acronym

We Need To Talk About Steve

We wonder about interviews with authors. What are they for, and what should we ask?

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