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Cherwell Introducing: Phoebe Blue

Joining me this week is the radiant Phoebe Blue, a 2nd year classicist at Balliol, singer-songwriter, and bassist. Meeting me on a blustery Saturday afternoon outside the Ashmolean, Phoebe...

Artificial insights: Decoding diversity and redefining art history with AI

In the age of AI-enhanced art, the possibilities for creativity and cultural exchange are limitless—and inclusive.

War, Peace and Writing

Throughout history, art has left an indelible cultural impact on humanity’s collective understanding of...

Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’

I walked into the Wyndham Theatre’s production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by...

Film around the world – Turkey’s Atıf Yılmaz

Atıf Yılmaz was a Turkish film director. Until his death in 2006, he was...

God on film

Cherwell's pick of Christian cinema's defining moments

Film meets the maker

Cherwell finds God at the cinema

Cat’s Cream: Week 2

Dauntless investigator Catherine Molony risks degree and heart failure to sample Oxford's nightlife on your behalf. Here are her tips for second week.

First night review: Agamemnon

The Greek play at Oxford. Any good this year?

Chain Reaction

The effect of teen films on the aesthetically challenged

Review: Eagle Eye

Out 17 October

Book Review: A Prickly Affair

By Hugh Warwick, published Allen Lane, £14.99

Blasphemy: Atonement

Each week Cherwell cuts a literary 'classic' down to size. This week: Ian McEwan's Atonement

That much for a dead shark?

Cherwell looks at Damien Hirst's art show/auction

‘Don’t lean on the lectern’

Cherwell attends Kevin Spacey's inaugral lecture at St Catz

Genre Confused

This week Cherwell presents the idiots' guide to Post-Metal

Album Review: Oasis

Dig Out Your Soul, Big Brother Records

The Live Wire: Enter Shikari

The trance-rock quartet put on a formidable live show

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