Sunday 19th 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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Review: French For Rabbits – Spirit

French For Rabbits' new release is a soothing soundtrack for an essay crisis

Review: Sebastien Mullaert – Reflections Of Nothingness

Rushabh Haria reviews Sebastien Mullaert's electronic new album

Review: North Atlantic Explorers – My Father Was A Sailor

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews the Canadian group's nautical new release

Review: Life Story

Emma Simpson was utterly captivated by the BBC's latest look at life in the animal world

Interview: Netsky

Nick Byrne discovers what makes drum and bass legend Netsky tick

Cine-theatre: when worlds collide

Frederick Wienand admires the accessibility of theatre on-screen

“We’re all stories, in the end”

Anna Zanetti is wonder-struck by The Story Museum’s ‘26 Characters’

Reviewing Gerhard Richter’s abstract art

Paul Ostwald finds the lights, reflections and chromatic play as fascinating as the artist himself

Preview: Jerusalem

Fergus Morgan gets an sneak preview of Jez Butterworth's Jerusalem, which comes to the Keble O'Reilly in 4th Week

Review: The Pillowman

Bethan Roberts reviews Rough-Hewn's production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman

Picks of the Week MT14 Wk3

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

Milestones: Sin

Isaac Goodwin looks at the origins of our concept of sin

Sin City: graphic in more than one way

Fergus Morgan discusses the enduring appeal of Frank Miller’s neo-noir comic book series

Review: Bouncers

Luke Howarth is only moderately amused by this unconvincing commentary on Britain's nightlife

Review: Welcome To The Parish Of Cummerbund-upon-Tweed

Tom Carter enjoys this immersive satire on the small-minded glory of parochial England

Review: Kindness – Otherness

Lewis Barnes is left underwhelmed by the new Kindness record

Q&A with Joanna Hogg

Tom Barrie was impressed with filmmaker Joanna Hogg's eloquence in OBA's Q&A at Oriel College

Preview: Hacked Off Films presents: Sin City

Tom Barrie talks to Hacked Off Films co-founder Edd Elliott about Hacked Off's upcoming immersive screening of Robert Rodriguez's Sin City.

Review: Fury

Cody Gifford finds Brad Pitt's latest outing entertaining, if contrived and devoid of a deeper significance

Where Are They Now: The Sugarhill Gang

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