Saturday 13th June 2026

Culture

Hag, Nag, Harpy, Hen: Olivia Plender’s ‘Little Fennel’s Complaint’

It is the examination of archaic methods and attitudes surrounding women’s bodies, and the idea of the ‘nagging’ woman, which runs through Olivia Plender’s exhibition.
Art Amy Lawson -

Nonsense and sensibility: Adapting Austen for the screen

It is a truth universally acknowledged that not all Jane Austen adaptations are created equal.
Culture Abigail Christie -

‘Our House’ in the middle of Beaumont Street

'Our House' ultimately becomes not just a story about crime or morality, but about the vulnerability of growing up and the frightening uncertainty of trying to decide who you are.
Culture Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -

Is the dancefloor really dead?

Tongue-in-cheek as it may be, Charli xcx’s ‘Rock Music’ speaks to the structural issues actively decimating nightlife across the world, even if her motivations may be more aesthetic than political.
Culture Emma Heagney -
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Tom Barrie examines the fruitful marriage of football and music

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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

Review: Captain Amazing

Anna Zanetti reviews this one man show at the BT Studio

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’
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