Thursday 14th May 2026

Culture

Hidden Gems: ‘The Storytellers’ at Worcester College

From the first moments, The Storytellers feels unusually thoughtful, generous, and alive.
Art Willow Jopp -

Toni Servillo shines in thoughtful assisted dying drama: ‘La Grazia’ in review

Does Big Tobacco sponsor Paolo Sorrentino’s films? Almost certainly not, but their money would be worse spent elsewhere.
Culture Finlo Cowley -

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.
Culture Victoria Corfield -

‘Oleanna’: An imperfect but gripping watch

Boulevard Productions’ Oleanna leaves something to be desired, but what it lacks in production value it more than compensates for in audacity; so much so that David Mamet would be proud
Culture Ian Coates -
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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

Review: Ibeyi – Ibeyi

Clara-Laeïla Laudette is taken in by the French-Cuban twins' Yoruba-inspired debut album

Review: Carl Bar̢t and The Jackals РLet It Reign

Aidan Clark is unimpressed by The Libertines co-frontman's solo endeavours

Review: José González – Vestiges & Claws

Rachael Griffith is swayed by the soothing melodies of Swedish folk singer José González

Confessions of a metalhead

Colette Lewis bemoans the prejudice against heavy metal music and its fans

Picks of the Week HT15 Week 7

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

Milestones: Football and Music

Tom Barrie examines the fruitful marriage of football and music

Interview: Nick Jonas

Nick Jonas talks to Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull about his childhood and life in the media spotlight

Monumental Art: Seven Works of Mercy

Anna Zanetti discusses Caravaggio in the latest installment of our series

Loading the Canon: Barbara Pym

Lily McIlwain calls for the addition of Barbara Pym to the literary establishment

Death of a Playwright: Arthur Miller remembered

10 years on, Emma Irving looks back at the work of one of the Twentieth Century’s greatest writers

Review: The Duchess of Malfi

Zara Brownless enjoys this modernised version of the Renaissance tragedy

Review: King Lear

Mark Barclay reviews this original, cinematic reinvention of one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies

Voices from the Past: Sylvia Plath

Hear Plath reading her own poetic account of her tortured relationship with her father
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