Saturday 25th July 2026

Culture

Caught Between Grief and Hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ Reviewed

Fresh off the back of Our House and Macbeth, Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love. Produced by Madi Boutcha...

The road to reckoning: ‘The Slip’ reviewed

Sharp, unsettling, and emotionally intelligent, 'The Slip' is a striking showcase of the ambition and talent behind Wide Eyes Productions, while establishing Wyatt as a writer-director to watch.

How an Oxford undergraduate made a name in choral music

When he arrived at Oxford, he expected his future to lie primarily in orchestral music. Instead, it was choral music that transformed his direction.

‘Scenes With Girls’ and complicated female friendships

'Scenes with Girls' deserves to be seen as one of Labyrinth Productions’ (Rosie Morgan-Males and Emily Cullinan) most impressive accolades.

The Farm and the Container Store

Lael Hines invokes Christmas trees, containers and metal rods to create an alternative short story

A disturbing hymn for your weekend

Simran Uppal on the connotations of Coldplay's new music video

No matter the venue,“I just like to play”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger talks to folk singer Ryley Walker

Curating Oxford’s best musicians

The founders of Vulture Sessions discuss their plans for the future with Sophie Jordan

Review: Public Memory — Wuthering Drum

Ellen Peirson-Hagger is seduced by Public Memory's gritty electronica album

An odorous tone of graveness

Surya Bowyer has some qualms about the O'Reilly's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

Review: The Fusion Project

Nihaar Shah is impressed by the virtuosity and skill of The Fusion Project

Interview: Amadeus

Alec Fullerton speaks to Lata Nobes, Artistic Director of Amadeus

Review: Constellations

Ellie Siora reflects on two actors and an infinity of loves

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

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