Tuesday 10th March 2026

Culture

How 2025’s biggest films made their mark through music

The recent Oscar nominations have allowed us to reflect on how fundamental musical scores are to film, and the highlights of last year’s film soundtracks.

Translating Oxford into Urdu

It’s a different emotion whenever I read the Urdu language. I’m not a native speaker, nor have I actively pursued learning the language, but as someone who finds solace in reading shayari (Urdu poetry), I wanted to follow it even in Oxford.

Stitching the world together: GFC’s London Fashion Week show

A few weeks ago we, the Cherwell fashion editors, were lucky enough to be extended an invite by the Global Fashion Collective to their London Fashion Week show.

Seeped in nostalgia: ‘Things I Know To Be True’ reviewed

Lighthouse Productions' 'Things I Know to Be True' had high expectations to meet. Put frankly, they nailed it.

Preview: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater

Charles Troup is entranced by the upcoming performance of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in St Peter's Chapel

A patchwork of Michaelmas Memories

Cherwell Photo share their favourite autumnal scenes

Diary of a Drama Queen

Charlotte Casey discusses life as a drama student behind the fourth wall

Preview: The Maids

Unnerving, captivating and haunting - a must see

Review: Laughter Track

A myriad of influences make for a highly entertaining evening of comedy

Review: Jane Eyre

Max Long sees a solid production of a novel difficult to adapt

Review: Vagrant

A pontificating script is redeemed by some clever technical performances

Review: Volporne

A fantastic technical production takes centre stage in this highly enjoyable show

Review: Clock Opera – Ways To Forget

Olivia Arigho Stiles thinks this is the best album of the year.

Review: A.C. Newman – Shut Down The Streets

Marc Pacitti enjoys the Canadian songsmith's latest offering

140 Characters in search of a Tweeter

Nick Hilton gives you the low-down on tweeting about Film & TV, and how to make the most of microblogging

Review: The Hour

Lizzie Greene is enamoured with this hour of TV (and Ben Whishaw)

Review: Argo

Georgina Pollard is impressed by Ben Affleck's third stint behind the camera

Review: Freedom of the City

An intimate and brilliantly unpacked piece of theatre

Review: The Get-Out

Yara Rodrigues Fowler applauds the best piece of student writing she has seen as Oxford yet

Review: Titus Andronicus

Darya Shchepanovska delights in the reworking of this bloody tragedy

Cuppers Review: Hamlet the Musical

Anya Metzer finds Christ Church's starling reworking of this Shakespearian tragedy bizarrely effective

Cuppers Review: Wonderland

Quintin Caldwell is suitably impressed by David McShane's rendition of a Lewis Carrol classic

Cuppers Review: Real Inspector Hound

Evelyn Snow found herself tickled from the start from Stoppard's metatheatrical comedy

Cuppers Review: The Actor’s Nightmare

Luke Rollason is impressed by this thoroughly entertaining comedy

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