Culture

Bridging Communities: Vocatio:Responsio’s Liverpool Tour

Vocatio:Responsio, meaning Call:Response in Latin, is an early music ensemble founded and directed by the Merseyside-based violinist Samuel Oliver-Sherry, a current third year music student at St Anne’s College....

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 -

‘People are so hungry to create together’: Lisa Ko on going analogue, crafting, and writing the future

It’s 11:02am in New York when Lisa Ko appears on the video call. In Oxford, the sun is almost down.

Books Abigail Lakeland -

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Culture Ruaridh McEwen -

Legacies of a troubled past

Michael Burns considers the impact of murals in Northern Ireland

Should we be less snobbish about Chick Lit?

Why on earth would you read Leo Tolstoy when you could read Jilly Cooper?

Preview: Elephants

Mark Barclay savours this bitchy domestic drama

Review: Clouds of Sils Maria

Sam Joyce is beguiled by Olivier Assayas' cerebral, sublime new film

Top 5 songs to make you enjoy subfusc even more

Rachael Griffith gives you five songs to really celebrate the result of the referendum

Picks of the Week TT15 Week 6

Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events

Milestones: Dancing in the Street

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull discusses why Mick Jagger and David Bowie’s hit cover ‘Dancing in the Street’ (1985) is a landmark of cultural stagnation

In Defence of: The Holiday

Anthony Maskell calls Nancy Meyer's holiday rom-com a feel good guilty pleasure

Preview: Festivals 2015

Kieran Vaghela takes you through the highs and lows of this summer's line up

Shuffling on the page: the perils of dance notation

Beatrice Liese explores the development and difficulties of recording movement without a camera

Review: Mariah Carey – #1 to Infinity

Sam Joyce is wary of this rehash of greatest hits

Pre-drinks and petticoats: the ceilidh in modern society

Trina Wilson smashes all the stereotypes and lays the truth about traditional Scottish dancing

Review: Brandon Flowers: The Desired Effect

Jamie Heredge is wowed by Brandon Flower's second solo attempt

Interview: Young Fathers

Ben Murphy chats with ‘G’ Hastings, from the Mercury Prize-winning band

Review: Phoenix

The Hitchcock-esque Phoenix leaves Toby Scadding feeling conflicted

Review: Unfriended

Thomas Jackson logs into Unfriended's vision of the communications age

In Defence Of: The Canyons

Sam Joyce argues to free this Lindsay Lohan vehicle from its trainwreck reputation

OBA’s Easter Screening Recap

Mark Barclay recaps Oxford Broadcasting Association’s Easter Film Screening

Picks of the Week TT15 Week 5

Cherwell brings you the best of this week's gigs, plays and events

Review: Far From the Madding Crowd

Hannah Congdon gets lost amongst the wild landscapes of this new adaption of the Hardy classic

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