Tuesday 2nd June 2026

Culture

OUFF’s ‘The Oxford Tales’: Celebrating student filmmaking at Oxford

It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.

Behind the red curtain: ‘Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse’ reviewed

Leo Jones reviews Crazy Child Productions' performance of 'Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse', the first English staging of the play.

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Near the riverside, a girl with walnut hair sat with her back to the...

Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.

Review: Godzilla

Godzilla is ultimately more preoccupied with CGI flash than with emotional depth

Loading the Canon: Rabbi Sacks

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights the ex-Chief Rabbi's remarkable work

Review: Martin Creed at the Hayward Gallery

Joel Nelson hates Martin Creed’s latest exhibition at the Hayward Gallery on the South Bank

Live Review: Augustines – O2 Academy

Kieran Vaghela reviews Augustines unforgettable show at the O2

Interview: Gabriel Prokofiev

Stephen Bradshaw talks to composer Gabriel Prokofiev about 'Nonclassical'

Top 3… Foreign Words

Emma Simpson takes a look at some ideas which the English language can't express

Milestones: The dictionary

Emma Simpson charts the development of this now-commonplace collection of words

The Internet and the changing power of words

As our audiences grow, we must be mindful of the effect of our words, warns Luke Barratt

Behind "Blue Stockings"

Director Madeleine Perham explains the relevance of 'Blue Stockings' to modern life in Oxford

Live Review: Wolf Alice – O2 Academy

A short gig with little variety, but there's still time for the new band to develop their onstage style

Loading the Canon: John Lennon

Cherwell's weekly call for new additions to the literary establishment highlights Lennon's short stories and poems

Review: Last Enchantments

Hugh McHale-Maughan discovers the modern Brideshead

Interview: Vladimir Sharov

Miriam Gordis talks to Vladimir Sharov, the man who captured the zeitgeist of a falling regime

Review: Bad Neighbours

Seth Rogan's latest attempt at comedy is caught between being unfunny and unwatchable

Preview: She Stoops To Conquer

Naomi Polonsky looks forward to this traditional garden show

Preview: Timon of Athens

Nadia Bovy looks ahead to this immersive production at Magdalen

Review: Collaborators

Fergus Morgan is impressed by this production about the politics of terror

Review: Frank

Michael Fassbender's masterful performance ultimately saves this self-indulgent and incoherent movie

The Magnificence of Miyazaki

Ollie Johnson praises the genius of the master of Japanese animation

Top 3… Theories of the Soul

Luke Barratt outlines three intriguing historical perspectives

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