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Film around the world: Italy’s Suspiria

The first time I heard about Suspiria, I was nine and my babysitter was telling me I couldn’t watch it, shouldn’t even - that it was the most terrifying...

Sunak’s Samba with the fashion industry

In Rishi Sunak’s recent Downing Street Interview, his words and promises were certainly not...

The Human Body review: ‘A Socialist exploration of healthcare and romance’

I recently attended my first production at the Donmar (https://cherwell.org/2024/01/24/review-of-tennant-as-macbeth-an-auditory-experience/ - shameless self plug!)...

Ten Years to Save the West by Liz Truss review: Revenge of the lettuce

I have met Liz Truss only once. It was in Oxford Town Hall in...

Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue

Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at...

Review: Madness of George III

Alan Bennet's comedy receives fair treatment by Cudmore and co.

Interview: The Proclaimers

...on their latest album, playing live, and Scottish independence

Bat for Lashes at the Academy

Hannah Partos finds the wizardly trio on spectacular form.

Method or Madness?

Anna Hextall follows the most extreme cases of method acting on stage and in film

New Testament to an Old Star

Orlando Bird finds jazz pianist, Keith Jarrett in triumphant form on his return to London

Editors – In This Light and On This Evening

A hit-and-miss venture into the world of retro-electronica from the Birmingham four-piece

La Vie en Rouge

Clement Knox traces Jacques Mesrines' final bloody years

Think Pink

We speak to the next big thing, the Big Pink, who are playing the OX4 Festival in Cowley on Saturday of 0th week

Review: Away We Go

A reflective take on modern American life

Making An Entrance

A whistlestop tour of Oxford's drama scene

Doubt Thou The Stars

The pros and cons of celebrity endorsed theatre

Review: Kings of Leon at Leeds Festival

Rebecca Treece watches the Tennesse four take to the stage

Review:The Wasp Factory

Ian Banks' unsavoury delight.

Musical Expeditions: Bluegrass in Upstate New York

Hitchhiking deep into the Adirondack Mountains, Evelyn Richardson becomes one of the family in the cosy American world of bluegrass

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