Sunday 26th October 2025

Culture

‘A team of criers’: Behind the scenes of ‘Uncle Vanya’

Nothing makes me more excited about a theatre production than hearing a director talk passionately and intelligently about their chosen text. In a conversation with Cherwell, director Joshua Robey’s...

Grappling with ‘grief that’s half formed’: Your Funeral

“Meeting up with a partner so soon after a breakup is an awkward time...

“NOR GLOM OF NIT?”: ‘Going Postal’ reviewed

“NEITHER RAIN NOR SNOW NOR GLOM OF NIT CAN STAY THESE MESENGERS ABOT THEIR...

On Gravel and Quads: Woolf’s Oxbridge in ‘A Room of One’s Own’

Virginia Woolf’s extended essay A Room of One’s Own is probably the most important...

Cherwell Playlist: Beat The 5th Week Blues

20 songs to help you through Oxford's trickiest week

Review: Pitcairn

Isaac Goodwin finds these mutineers to be lacking in originality and excitement

Milestones: Barbie

Naomi Polonsky looks at the grotesque disproportions of Barbie

Human beauty: Maybe it’s all about the numbers

Isaac Goodwin explores the ideals of physical perfection and mathemical proportions

Review: The Zone of Interest

Martin Amis' latest novel is seriously funny

Review: Ai Weiwei’s latest innovative exhibition

A juxtaposition of the old and the new at Blenheim Palace

Review: Henry V – A Promenade Production

Bethan Roberts tours Worcester Gardens, managing to catch an ambitious production of Shakespeare's war epic

Preview: Orlando

Kate Tuohy observes the rehearsals of this innovative Woolf adaptation, which arrives at Keble's O'Reilly in Sixth Week

Dream girls don’t exist

Tom Barrie looks at a character type that has come to haunt rom-coms

Review: Interstellar

Sam Joyce finds Christopher Nolan's latest film ambitious, if unfulfilling

Preview: Monkey Bars

Katherine Cowles previews the upcoming production of Chris Goode's Monkey Bars, which puts the words of children in the mouths of adults.

Review: His Dark Materials Part 1

This adaptation of Philip Pullman's fantasy novels is a valiant attempt at a difficult task, says Lata Nobes

Review: Celestial Shore — Enter Ghost

Lata Nobes argues that Celestial Shore are trying to be too clever

Preview: Henry V

Fergus Morgan previews this upcoming promenade production

Review: Jerusalem

Bethan Roberts gives her verdict on a production of Jez Butterworth's masterpiece

Review: Azealia Banks – Broke With Expensive Taste

Sam Joyce is pleasantly surprised by Azealia Banks' debut album

Review: The Overnighters

Tom Graham found The Overnighters a compelling portrait of contemporary America

Review: Mr Turner

Joe Holt finds Mike Leigh's biopic of J. M. W. Turner a compelling watch

Review: Nightcrawler

Joel Casey is impressed with a moody Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler

Where Are They Now: Los Del Rio

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

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