Monday 16th March 2026

Culture

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.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.

Seeped in nostalgia: ‘Things I Know To Be True’ reviewed

Lighthouse Productions' 'Things I Know to Be True' had high expectations to meet. Put frankly, they nailed it.

Review: The Cribs – For All My Sisters

Aidan Clark finds The Cribs' latest album among their most listenable and catchy offering to date

Review: Future Brown – Future Brown

Mark Barclay is underwhelmed by the debut album of the 'super' group Future Brown

Review: Romare – Projections

Freddy Rendall is impressed by Romare's collage of experimental dance tracks

Milestones: The Smiths’ Panic

Fergus Morgan reflects on The Smiths' seminal 1986 single 'Panic'

Review: The Architect

Bethan Roberts reviews the new Hypnotist Theatre offering

Panic at the disco: a night of trauma and regret

Ollie Johnson recounts how an ordinary Wednesday became a nightmare

Review: As I Crossed A Bridge of Dreams

Fay Watson reviews this new student adaptation at the BT Studio

Review: The Boy Next Door

Emmanuelle Soffe argues that whilst J-Lo gives a respectable performance in The Boy Next Door, the true star is youngster Ryan Guzman

Review: Focus

Lauren Rofe writes that Will Smith's latest effort is a mixed bag

Paris: five exhibitions in five days

Abigail Legge sets herself an ambitious challenge on her year abroad, and discovers some fascinating Parisien treasures

Monumental Art: Composition No. 8

Beatrice Liese enjoys taking a deeper look at Kandinsky’s masterpiece

Loading the Canon: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Emmanuelle Soffe calls for the addition of Neil Gaiman’s surrealist novel to the literary establishment

Alice Oswald talks about performance and public poetry

Rose Sykes meets the subject of her Fourth Week review, and discusses the poet’s role in modern society

Preview: Iolanthe

Jessica McKeown is excited by this operatic spectacle

Preview: The Importance of Being Earnest

Krisztina Rakoczy gets a sneak peek at the St. Hilda's College Drama Society's new play

Preview: The Architect

Emma Irving is impressed by this unconventional preview for The Architect

Review: Fifty Shades of Grey

Anthony Maskell finds Fifty Shades of Grey a painfully punishing experience

Review: Inherent Vice

Absurd brilliance pervades Inherent Vice

Where are they now: O-Zone

Cherwell delves into the later careers of one-hit-wonders so you don’t have to...

Moon King: mooning the music industry

Sara Semic chats to Moon King’s Daniel Benjamin about dream-pop and Boiler Room sessions

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