Culture

Why you should spring clean your bookshelf this Trinity

In the Northern Hemisphere, astronomers mark the beginning of spring on the date of the spring equinox. This year, it falls on the 20th of March. For Oxonians, spring...

Books Elizabeth Bourn -

Does ‘Euphoria’ no longer speak to our generation?

Should I have been watching Euphoria’s first season as an innocent, bright-eyed 14-year-old? Probably...

Culture Emma Heagney -

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by...

Culture Evelyn Lambert -

‘Comedy is very deceptive’: Seán Carey on ‘Operation Mincemeat’

As a history student, you occasionally come across stories so strange they feel almost fictional. Operation Mincemeat is one of them.

Culture Hattie Simpson -

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)'

Huey Morgan: it’s all for the fans

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks to the Fun Lovin' Criminal

Jobs for the boys? (Pt. II)

Olivia Sung considers the gender politics of being affected by cinema in today's popular film criticism

Creed: what’s in a name?

Laurence Warner is pleasantly surprised by the Rocky spin-off Creed

Jobs for the boys? (Pt. 1)

Olivia Sung considers the gender politics of being affected by cinema in today's popular film criticism

An escape into lostness

Surya Bowyer is impressed by awards contender 'Room'

Oxford, the cabaret of plants- and us

Ben Ray talks to Richard Mabey about nature, our relation to it, and why Oxford is the ‘City of Greening Spires’

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