Tuesday 10th June 2025

Culture

Review: All My Sons – ‘At the end of the American Dream’

Joe Keller, played by Tristan Hood, represents the American dream. He is a wealthy businessman with a traditional family with a surviving son that is about to marry. Like...

Review: The Tempest – ‘Power looks good on her’

All the guests arrived and promptly took their seats, as one of the directors...

Review: Bush! The Musical – ‘Is our actors singing?’

While the genre of historical musical theatre centred around US politicians may be dominated...

Review: So Far, So Good – ‘Counting down the fall’

Student theatre has always thrived on experimentation, collaboration, and the courage to speak up....

Review: Acid Arab – Collections LP

Parisian DJs turn to the Middle East to create acid house music on collaborative record Collections LP

Royal Blood: Primitive rock?

Helen Thomas talks to 2014’s most hotly tipped garage rock duo, Royal Blood

Culture Editorial: The Adolescent Man-Child in Art

On cringingly accurate portrayals of the teenage experience

Cherwell Tries…Cut & Stick

Every week, Cherwell tries a new cultural experience: this week, we helped produce a feminist zine

Letter From…Lyon

A relentlessly realistic run-down of life teaching the South of France

Review: The Hilary Review

Lisa Bernhardt is bowled over by the unpredictable, absurd, and hilarious

Review: Semi Monde

Georgina Wilson enjoys the aimless wanderings of wealthy 1920s Paris

Review: American Horror Story: Coven

Veronica Heney finds this third series to be as dazzlingly bonkers as the first two

French Film: the original and best

Eleanor Halls extols the virtues of the French cinema scene

Review: Blurred Lines

Bethan Roberts is struck by this theatrical exploration of the controversial song

Preview: Sweeney Todd

Ben Horton looks forward to a thrill ride from start to finish

Directing at the Donmar

Georgina Wilson witnesses a talk by award-winning director Michael Grandage

Review: Ballad of the Burning Star

Naomi Polonsky is gripped by this experimental blend of conflict and cabaret

Review: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Laurie Churchman is unconvinced by an ambitious attempt to juggle the authentic and the modern

Review: The Oxford Imps’ 10th Anniversary Spectacular

Emma Hewitt enjoys a diverse selection of comedy treats

Bargain Bin: The Four Tops – Loco in Acapulco

Helen Thomas gets lost in the dangerous art of listening to vinyl.

Reverend at the crossroads

Nasim Asl asks Jon 'The Reverend' McClure about forthcoming album, Thirty-Two

Review: Illum Sphere – Ghosts of Then and Now

Ryan Hunn's debut for Ninja Tune is an impressive display of balance and a light touch.

Review: Temples – Sun Structures

Temples' brand of modern psychedelia, in its drive for reflection rather than imitation, makes for a masterpiece.

Review: Young Fathers – Dead

The debut album from the Edinburgh hip hop group perpetually casts off all expectations.

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