Wednesday 7th January 2026

Culture

‘Dark, revealing, gripping’: In conversation with the cast of ‘JACK’

JACK, by Musketeer Productions, reimagines the cult story of the most notorious serial killer in British history. Shining a light particularly on the mistreatment of women and the brutality...
Culture Matilde Ambrosio -

‘The political is also political’: Ash Sarkar’s ‘Minority Rule’

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher...
Books Morien Robertson -

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s...
Culture Lara Machado -

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...
Culture Peter Chen -
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Skins at Season Six

Goh Li Sian bemoans the decline of the hit teen drama

Review: The Muppets

Joseph Newall finds The Muppets well worth the ticket price

A Bluffers’ Guide to: Ambient Female Vocals

In his final Bluffers', Harry Scholes explores beautiful ambient music with female vocals

Review: Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror

Ceri Fowler tackles Sleigh Bell's second album, Reign of Terror

Review: The Shins – Port of Morrow

The elusive Natasha Frost reviews the fantastic new album from the Shins

Interview: Motion Sickness of Time Travel

Rachel Evans discusses the sounds of her forthcoming eponymous opus with Harry Scholes

New Writing Festival

Charlotte Lennon previews the New Writing Festival

Review: Gormenghast

Hannah White-Steel is entertained, but ultimately unsatisfied by this production

By An Act of Godber

Playwright John Godber talks to Charlotte Lennon about classrooms, class and critics

Culture Vulture 7th week

Cherwell’s culture editors peck at seventh week’s cultural offerings

Acceptable in the 80s

Cherwell Culture invite you to join their tenuous bid for an 80s revival

Review: Mephisto

Daniel Frampton salutes an intelligent, slick and powerful performance.

Crossovers: when music becomes cinema and vice versa

Sophia Lambton analyses the use of classical music in film

One to Watch: Doctrines

Matt Robinson warns us about the unstoppable force that is Doctrines

Review: Lars Sorken

Maria Fox is thrilled by a rather impressive piece of theatre

Review: The Flowers of War

Susan Yu admires Zhang Yimou's visual masterpiece.

Review: Man on a Ledge

Georgina Pollard surveys the highs and lows of Asger Leth's action thriller.

Bondamonium

James Aber reflects on the mind-warping experience of watching all 22 Bond films... at once.

Review: West Side Story

Frances Kaye is thrilled by Lincoln College Players' contribution to the Turl Street Arts Festival

London puts its best foot forward

Cecilia Stinton explores the capital's celebrations of the ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his groundbreaking Ballets Russes
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