Tuesday 3rd June 2025

Culture

CRUSH Preview: “A chaotic scramble through the teenage years”

I sat down with Hannah Eggleton, Director & Writer of CRUSH, to talk power, performance, and the making of her debut full-length play, premiering at The North Wall. Presented by...

Telling stories about telling stories: Previewing ‘The Antipodes’

In a windowless room in an abstract part of Oriel, I sat in on...

A Pelican Crossing Somewhere on Green Dragon Lane

"The passage of time is a bloodthirsty hound."

Doctor Zhivago: The banned book the CIA smuggled across the Iron Curtain

“May it make its way around the world. You are hereby invited to watch...

Review: Truck Festival 2013

Luke Barratt has a trucking good time at Oxford's own festival

Interview: Christoph Prégardien

An audience with the world-renowned lyric tenor

Review: Othello

Five stars for the National's production of Shakespeare's tale of jealousy and ambition

Review: And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini's latest novel has more than a touch of Dickens about it

Review: Comedy Feeds

The BBC's Comedy Feeds project is now in its second year, so how does the class of 2013 shape up? Ollie Forrest watched the lot to find out.

Review: The Internship

The Internship will you leave you bored, frustrated, and with a sudden urge to work for Google...

Review: Magna Carta Holy Grail

Jay-Z's latest is as unsustainable as it is insipid

Review: Blissfields Festival

Bliss in the sun at the Winchester festival

Review: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Lacklustre Shakespeare in the grounds of Ludlow Castle

Cherwell’s guide to summer exhibitions

At a loose end with your vacant vac afternoons? Grab a little culture

Playlist: Glastonbury Highlights

Cherwell Music brings you the best moments from Glastonbury 2013

Glastonbury 2013: Sunday

Cherwell Music gets the scoop on all the backstage gossip in Somerset

Is Glastovision a good thing?

Luke Barratt despairs of the BBC's over-zealous coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury 2013: Saturday

Cherwell Music go mainstream for the biggest day of the weekend.

Review: Yeezus

Kanye's magnum opus simultaneously fetishises and condemns the cult of celebrity

Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Sarah McGuigan enjoys this modernised Shakespeare

Review: Holloway – Robert Macfarlane

Max Long is both awed and repelled by Macfarlane's mixture of sinister and beautiful

Review: RSC’s A Mad World My Masters

A triumphant musical farce at the Royal Shakespeare Company

The Oxford clubber’s festival guide

From Glastonbury to Purple Turtle, this guide has it all

Cherwell’s summer reading: part 1

Feeling nostalgic about reading lists? Cherwell is here to help

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