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Tuesday 5th August 2025
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Just like the movies: An American’s notes on her Oxford year
Oxford occupies a mystical, almost fantastical place within the American psyche – so much so that when I told my peers I’d be studying abroad, they had me promise...
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Radhika Bhargava
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Reading Oxford books in Oxford
For those who have not even set foot in Oxford, the city still lives...
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Ngoc Diep
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Netflix’s city of dreaming Americans: My Oxford Year, reviewed
If not taken too seriously, Netflix’s new movie My Oxford Year is a surprisingly...
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Franca Haug
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Lacking Latin: Ceremonial mistakes in My Oxford Year
My Oxford Year, a new Netflix rom-com, has received considerable attention. Yet as a...
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Review: Merlin: The End
Huw Fullerton takes a look at Merlin's conclusion
Review: ‘Pitch Perfect’
Cherwell Film and TV finds the latest acapella-fest doesn't exactly fulfil its title's promises
An alternative nativity
Huw Fullerton looks back on some of the most embarrassing moments of his life
Val Thorens in Pictures
Richard Nias shares some photos from the home of Varsity Trip 2012
Review: Blink-182 – Dogs Eating Dogs EP
Thomas Stewart is underwhelmed but optimistic about the latest chapter in Blink’s apparently never-ending story.
Review: Life of Pi
Becca Meier was unimpressed with Ang Lee's latest 3D spectacular
Review: Emmy & Tim @ Scala, London
Luke Barratt gets into the Christmas spirit at Emmy & Tim’s special event
Playing (the mother of) God
Tess Colley reminisces about her starring role in the school nativity
Review: Misfits Series 4
As the final episode of the 4th Series of Misfits airs, Huw Fullerton wonders how far the show's originality and purpose outlived its original cast
Christmas Crackers: Your Yuletide Cinema Guide!
The three wise men aren't the only ones who come bearing gifts this Christmas, Cherwell Film&TV brings you the best of Cinema for the coming weeks!
Typewriters at Dawn
Nina Black looks at literary feuds from Hemingway to Heller
The British Comedy Awards 2012: blasts from the past
Alexandra Sutton wonders whether this really is as good as we've got
Review: Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (North Wall)
Thomas Brookes sees evidence of misplaced genie-us
Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Nick Hilton is simultaneously impressed and frustrated with Peter Jackson's dense vision of The Hobbit
A Year in an Instant
Amy Rollason shares seasonal snapshots from her favourite spots
Review: Uno, Dos, Tre (Green Day)
Marc Pacitti puts the knife into the ageing punks' latest offering.
Review: Peep Show
Peep Show aficionado Tom Beardsworth reviews the first half of Series 8
Review: Great Expectations
Georgina Pollard's expectations were exceeded by this adaptation of a great masterpiece
Guide to Christmas music: 2012
Luke Barratt examines this year’s Christmas offerings, which vary severely in quality
Review: Carmen (ENO)
Finola Austin reviews a production that flirts with controversy yet lacks full conviction.
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