Culture

Beyond the binary: Leigh Bowery’s radical individuality

Tate Modern's "Leigh Bowery!" refuses easy categorisation—much like its subject A fashion student from Sunshine, Melbourne, rocks up to London in 1980, writes 'wear makeup everyday' on his New Year's...

Art Ava Doherty -

St Anne’s goes All-Steinway: A purposeful and bold commitment to music

In a move that lives up to its motto of ‘Consulto et Audacter’ (purposefully...

Culture Miriam Hussain -

Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year

Oxford occupies a mystical, almost fantastical place within the American psyche – so much...

Culture Radhika Bhargava -

Reading Oxford books in Oxford

For those who have not even set foot in Oxford, the city still lives...

Books Ngoc Diep -

My Life on the Road

Sarah Lynch reviews Gloria Steinem’s new book

Picasso: Formalistic or Contextual?

Emmanuelle Soffe explores Picasso’s ‘Massacre in Korea’ with a formalist eye

Is This Art? Plate Convergences

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art & Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Anna Zanetti analyses the work of Theaster Gates

Review: Thark

Ben Ray is captivated by this innovative take on a little known 1920s farce

Profile: David Hasselhoff

Bex Watson discusses singing, slip-ups and salmon carbonara with David Hasselhoff

What is it like to be a badger?

Tom Hall speaks to the medical law tutor who lived as an animal for 15 years

Rewind: Freud and cucumbers

Mark Barclay talks about Freud and cucumbers and is generally a bit scary

Culture Corner: Kafka on the Shore

Tom Barrie tenuously talks about cats whilst discussing Haruki Murakami

Japan has a lot to answer for

Benjamin Hyde claws against the common misconceptions of Japanese anime

Review: Choir of Young Believers – Grasque

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is touched by the sensitivity in Choir of Young Believers' new album

This World Lousy: this musical not

Sophie Jordan on the innovative musical's ambiguities

How beneficial is music streaming?

Natalia Bus succumbs to the inevitability of online music

Spotlight: Why Monochrome?

Matt Roberts is tired of black and white

Better-meta-theatre

Richard Birch previews 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'

"I am back to save the universe"

Daniel Curtis investigates whether 2016 will be the year of Radiohead's comeback

Preview: Hyperdrive (Imps)

Matt Roberts is excited for improv and tech

Review: What I learned from Johnny Bevan

Naomi Gee gets political with Luke Wright

Review: Noose

Beckie Rutherford is severely unimpressed by the BT's latest offering

Review: Heavy Petting

Matt Roberts loves it when the Revue pets him heavily

Live Jazz at the Mad Hatter

A JazzSoc evening leaves Sophie Jordan convinced that jazz is still alive

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