Friday, May 23, 2025

Culture

September 5: Journalism drama doesn’t question the facts enough

Set during the 1972 Munich Olympics, Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 tracks the ABC Sports crew’s coverage of the Israeli athlete hostage crisis in the Olympic Village: the first terror...

Periodisation and the problem of now

Periodisation is the act of dividing literature into eras like Romanticism, Modernism, or Postmodernism...

Review: Death of a Salesman – ‘The Inside of His Head’

To review Tiptoe Productions’ staging of Death of a Salesman, I must first contextualise...

Oxford’s summer scene: The season of open-air performances

Trinity term at Oxford University is defined by wisteria, wild swimming, and warmth. Students...

Failed Novelists: the epitome of unselfconscious cool

Isaac Goodwin and Joel Nelson talk anthologies and collaborations with the Failed Novelists President

Review: Othello

Luke Barratt enjoys an excellent evening of outdoor Shakespeare

Review: Back To The Excellent Hot Tub Time Machine

Libby Wicks questions the excellence of this hot tub time machine

Live Review: Drenge

Helen Thomas compares the sound of Drenge to treacle.

Review: R&J

Lisa Bernhardt heralds the challenging of gender norms in this production of Shakespeare's classic

Where Are They Now: Nickelback

The only Canadians more annoying than Justin Bieber

Review: Kyla La Grange – Cut Your Teeth

Clare Saxby reviews the hypnotic new release by Kyla La Grange

Review: Sleep Party People – Floating

The third studio album by Danish rabbit enthusiast Brian Batz gets reviewed by Rushabh Haria

Review: Clean Bandit – New Eyes

Clean Bandit draw upon the sound of the greats on latest album New Eyes

Interview: Osymyso

Helen Thomas chats to the man who immortalised the Pat and Peggy EastEnders catfight

Top 3… Transformations

Luke Barratt looks at some of the finest cultural depictions of metamorphosis

Milestones: David Bowie

Emma Simpson explores Bowie's many faces, and his influence on modern culture

Turn and face the gendered transformations

Ollie Nicholls considers fairy-tale endings and transforming to 'get the guy'

Live Review: Arcade Fire (London)

Arcade Fire win back the trust of their diehard fans following the release of disco inspired record Reflektor

Review: Jumpy

Clare Saxby isn't exactly jumping for joy at this production

Review: Frankenstein

Will Yeldham is impressed by this literary adaptation for stage

Review: Voyage of the Narwhal

Fergus Morgan is tickled pink by this comedy trio

Loading the Canon: Flashman

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights George MacDonald Frazer's loveable rogue

Beyond amphetamine-fuelled parties and silk screen prints

Joel Nelson encounters a previously unseen side of Andy Warhol and his creative genius

Interview: Martin Brown

Xin Fan meets the Horrible Histories illustrator to reminisce about the iconic children's book series and cartooning past and present

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