Wednesday 22nd April 2026

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 -
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Preview: Blood Wedding

Lata Nobes gets a sneak peak at the new adaptation of Lorca's Blood Wedding

The Author: The Atrocity Exhibition

Michael Roderick discusses the rehearsed reading of The Author, part of the OUDS New Writing Festival

Oscar Predictions – 2015

Which films will win big on Oscar night, and which films ought to? Toby Scadding airs his views

Review: Selma

Clara-Læïla Laudette finds Selma to be a powerful and politically motivating film

Review: Jupiter Ascending

Emmanuelle Soffe saw Jupiter Ascending as a film that failed to take off

Review: OUDS New Writing Festival

Bethan Roberts reviews four plays by upcoming writers

Preview: King Lear

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull sees promise in this production

Picks of the Week HT15 Week 6

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

Milestones: landmark gay moments on TV

Cherwell picks out key moments in cultural history. This week, Ollie Johnson charts some of the landmark gay moments in TV

It’s time to say bi to the straight and narrow

Bethan Roberts scrutinises the presentation of bisexuality on television

We should stop fetishising independent bookstores

Lily McIlwain’s tour of Oxford’s bookshops raises some questions concerning student ‘support’

Oxford International Art Fair

Mark Barclay is seriously unimpressed with both paintings and prices

Loading the Canon: Ian Hamilton

Ben Cooke calls for the addition of poet and critic Ian Hamilton to the literary establishment

Where are they now: Toni Basil

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

Wolf Alice: From Carter’s cover to album cover

Sara Semic chats to Theo Ellis from Wolf Alice about touring with Alt-J and making their debut album

Review: Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late

Giles Norris sees Drake's latest surprise project as more of a transitional piece, sealing the star's escape from his label

Review: Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear

Aidan Clark is impressed by the lyricism of the Fleet Foxes' John Tillman and his expansive chamber pop sound

Review: Peace – Happy People

Peace's latest endeavour receives lukewarm reception from Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull

Interview: Paul Mayhew-Archer

Tom Barrie talks to the Vicar of Dibley co-creator about sexism in the TV industry, Richard Curtis and self-immolation

Voices from the Past: Alfred Lord Tennyson

Listen to the only surviving recording of the Victorian master and Poet Laureate
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