Monday 18th August 2025

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...

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...

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...

Reading Oxford books in Oxford

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

Preview: Amour

The International Rameau Ensemble brings French Baroque to Oxford on 6th February

Spooky Sets and Stuffed Cats: Ben Travers’ Aldwych Farces

Jack Bradfield looks at the neglected playwright Ben Travers in the run up to the appearance of 'Thark' next week

Spotlight: lip service to modernity

Matt Roberts is frustrated by gimmicks and hashtags from a director who should know better

Constellations: Preview

Richard Birch hopes the stars align for this compelling adaptation

The Union’s Holy Trinity

A look ahead to the three stellar speakers at the Union next week

The Bible — an overlooked literary skeleton key

Harriette Drew explains why we need scripture to understand literature

Is This Art? My Carpet

With the definition of art increasingly unclear, the Cherwell Art and Books team are on a mission to decide what art is. This week Naomi Gee takes on her carpet

Poetry Bites – HT 1

This week Athol Williams thinks about theories

Berlin, Bowie, and the wall

Ben Ray talks memory and motivation with the author Rory MacLean

The Brand New Victorians

Olivia Sung discusses the current trends in BBC adaptations

Ambiguities of Justice

Tom Holker is chilled by Netflix’s Making a Murderer

Luminaries: Oliver Stone

Daniel Minister looks at one of Hollywood's most political directors

Preview: Rent

Matt Roberts is wowed by the scale and passion of this production

Mozart’s Figaro and soft-boiled eggs

Sophie Jordan attends the Viennese New Year concert

Review: Shinedown – Threat to Survival

Ahead of their UK Carnival of Madness tour, Sophie Jordan finds Shinedown's latest album disappointing

Raw, daring, sultry: ‘Twisted R&B’

Bryony Harris heralds the re-issue of Kelela’s 2013 “Twisted R&B” Cut 4 Me

The kids are more than alright

Morgan Harries asks what the focus for young overachievers means for us

Lamenting fashion’s familiar face

Sarah Lynch misses the craftsmanship of fashion in the age of mass-production

Culture Corner: The English country house

Ben Ray looks at the English country house in literature, and asks why we’re all so obsessed with it

Rewind: Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’

Bex Watson rewinds to the release of Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)'

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