Thursday 13th November 2025

Culture

‘Like the edge of a knife’: Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk brings his ‘Continuous Music’ to Oxford

Ukrainian pianist Lubomyr Melnyk took the stage in Magdalen College Chapel and the Holywell Music Room on Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November to showcase his unique style, called...

What does a Ruskin artist actually learn? A graduate’s perspective

Create, critique, repeat? Polina Kim interviewed recent John Ruskin MFA graduate Laura Limbourg about...

Why we’re obsessed with Greek myth retellings

In every bookshop today, from Blackwell’s to Waterstones, an unmistakable pattern emerges: Greek myth...

Down the rabbit hole: illustrating ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has long proved an endless source of inspiration to illustrators....

Review: Pearls Negras – Biggie Apple Mixtape

The fury and frustration of Brazil's disaffected youth is perfectly encapsulated in the new mixtape from Pearls Negras.

Review: Wild Beasts – Present Tense

Wild Beasts step out of the wilderness on their latest outing

Interview: Rae Earl

Alice King speaks to the author behind 'My Mad Fat Teenage Diary' about mental health

Preview: Caucasian Chalk Circle

Ben Horton appreciates this mix of bleak human tragedy and guffaw-inducing satirical comedy

Focus on: Austentatious

Alice Troy-Donovan meets the makers of this innovative period comedy

Culture Editorial: Translating The Untranslatable

Evy Cavalla on beauty and fidelity in translation

Review: House of Cards

Veronica Heney watched all thirteen episodes of this excellent series in two days, and she suggests you do the same

Comedy: It’s a man’s world?

Ollie Johnson explores TV's narrow-minded view on comedy

Review: REPLAY

Lisa Bernhardt is gripped by the unnerving exploration of an obsessive relationship

Preview: Night of the Absurd

Rosalee Edwards is hits a dead end at the the fifty-sixth semi-subconscious ultra-profound absurdist double entendre

Review: The Last Days of Mankind

Alice Troy-Donovan thinks this satirical look at WW1 Vienna has lost its punch

Review: Snarky Puppy – We Like It Here

Oscar Boyd listens to the jazz and funk infused new offering from music collective, Snarky Puppy

Preview: REPLAY

Edward Bell enjoys an experimental piece of new writing

Preview: Tis Pity She’s a Whore

Molly Winter has a sneak preview into this bloody tale of incest

Review: The Monuments Men

Damien Shannon cannot help but admire George Clooney's latest directorial effort

Netflix: the shape of the future?

Samuele Volpe considers our changing understanding of TV

Review: Sweeney Todd

Bethan Roberts enjoys this elegantly conceived take on a classic.

Bargain Bin: Britney Spears – Greatest Hits: My Prerogative

Cherwell trawls charity shops looking for musical bargains.

Review: Sunn O))) and Ulver – Terrestrials

Metal veterans Sunn O))) experiment with their sound on their latest offering, a collaboration with Norwegian band Ulver.

Review: Angel Olsen

Adam Piascik reviews the sophomore album of Missouri native, Angel Olsen.

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