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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.

The problem with Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

Nolan had all the tools for greatness. Instead, to my eternal frustration, his 'Odyssey' will always only be just alright.

‘One Night Only’ (2026) and the death of romance

Romance movies are, on the whole, my favourite movie genre. But good romance movies, like good romantic relationships, are hard to find, and easy to mess up.

Caught between grief and hope: ‘On Some Far Shore’ reviewed

Fresh off the back of 'Our House' and 'Macbeth', Cross Key Productions presents an original three-hander focused on the complexities of grief and young love.

Review: Mortdecai

Sam Joyce thinks that Mortdecai is another nail in the coffin of Johnny Depp’s career

Preview: The George and Dragon

Katherine Cowles previews this new student show ahead of its run at The Burton Taylor

Anti-celebrity rules OK. Long live Baldwin.

Ollie Johnson examines the hypocrisy of the famous rejecting fame

Milestones: Bowling for Columbine

Fergus Morgan reflects on Michael Moore's seminal examination of America's gun problem

Secrets of Venice

Nathan Stazicker shows us a path less travelled through Venice

Bali’s Beauty

Emma Snashall takes us through the backstreets of Bali in this series of stunning photos

Monumental art: Donatello’s St George

Anna Zanetti highlights one of art’s great masterpieces

Loading the Canon: When God Looked the Other Way

Iweta Kalinowska calls for the addition of Wesley Adamczyk’s personal tale of suffering to the literary establishment

Yvonne Owuor: sometimes people are places too

Paul Ostwald talks to the leading Kenyan writer about her novel 'Dust' and her country’s voice

Review: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Fay Watson reviews this darkly comic David Foster Wallace adaptation

Review: Dido and Aeneas – A St Peter’s success story

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull finds St Peter's College's production of Purcell's Baroque opera a raging success

Where Are They Now?: Blazin’ Squad

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

Review: Meghan Trainor – Title

Lata Nobes is less than impressive by this popstar's debut

Review: Rae Morris – Unguarded

Rachael Griffith gives the seal of approval to Rae Morris's debut album

"Good people, good drinkers and no bigots"

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull talks to Gareth Campesinos!, Los Campesinos!'s frontman

Preview: Dido and Aeneas

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull previews a newly produced student opera

Preview: Music for Madagascar

Felix Klos gives you a taster of what to expect at this Saturday's jazz concert for charity, featuring Dot's Funk Odyssey, The Oxford Gargoyles and The New Men

Review: Potosí

Fergus Morgan is charmed by this innocent, amusing and quintessentially human piece of student writing

Voices from the Past: Virginia Woolf

Cherwell analyses Woolf's views on the power and potential of words in the only recording of her voice

Review: Ex Machina

Anthony Maskell finds novelist Alex Garland's debut to be full of pertinent questions about humans and technology

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