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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.

The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.

‘One Night Only’ (2026) and the death of romance

Romance movies are, on the whole, my favourite movie genre. But good romance movies, like good romantic relationships, are hard to find, and easy to mess up.

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.

Monumental Art: Twin

Dominic Hand looks at Robert Ryman's masterpiece of subtlety

Primo Levi: A life broken down to its elements

Jessica Poole discusses the importance of the Holocaust survivor's memoir, The Periodic Table

A dark and memorable Fairytale

Catherine Kelly reviews Murakami’s latest novella, The Strange Library

Picks of the Week TT15 Week 4

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

Milestones: Claude Cahun

Imogen Lester discusses the early work of the Surrealist chameleon Claude Cahun, who revelled in the art of reinvention and refused to submit to convention

Mexico’s changing faces: the surrealist work of the 40s

Morgan Harries explores the ever-changing artworks produced by a country in search of itself

Early English opera: the failed metamorphosis

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull questions why England never had an operatic renaissance

Review: Revolution – The St Anne’s Musical Revue

Joseph Evans finds St Anne's latest musical offering to be a generally entertaining evening - choreography aside

Live Review: Turbowolf

Joe Manktelow thinks Turbowolf will go on to bigger and better things, having enjoyed their live performance at the Bullingdon Arms

Review: Passion Pit – Kindred

Tom Waterhouse is impressed by Passion Pit's latest offering

5 songs to get you through an all-nighter for an essay

Rachael Griffith takes you through the ultimate essay crisis playlist

Interview: Bipolar Sunshine

Rachael Griffith chats with the proud Mancunian Bipolar Sunshine

Preview: Beachcombing

Mark Barclay takes a look at this meditative new play from a rising star of the Oxford drama scene

Preview: Killing Hitler

Oxford Graduates and the July Plot to assassinate Hitler

Picks of the Week TT15 Week 3

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

Milestones: Louis Le Prince and the earliest films

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull discusses early documentary films and the work of the world's first true film-maker, Louis Le Prince (1841-90)

Collective Voice: the rise of the radio documentary

Beatrice Liese examines the ongoing difficulties and successes of the personal radio story and podcast

Simon Elmes: documentary and the art of story-telling

Elliot Langley talks to the former Creative Director of the BBC's Radio Documentary Unit

The poet as performer

Ben Cooke discusses sound and senselessness in the verse of James Fenton

Christian Richter: unearthing a past of architectural genius

Millie McLuskie talks to the photographer about imaging the abandoned and the ephemeral

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