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New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month 

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the Caribbean, this year Black History Month is celebrated uniquely in Oxford. The inaugural exhibition at...

“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...

‘Celebrity Traitors’ season two: Complex and compelling

Reality TV series The Traitors has returned with its celebrity version and has topped viewing charts for a second time. People are hooked on the show where logical reasoning and random chance are simultaneously at play, in a game full of drama, tension, and cliffhangers.

Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

Who gets to make art, who gets to see it, and whose art history...

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

Playing the Game with Strauss

Nick Mutch talks to Neil Strauss, of ‘the Game’, about how to interview celebrities, seduce women and the joys of journalism

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