Thursday 6th November 2025

Culture

Sin and nectar: Behind the scenes of ‘Women Beware Women’

I arrived at a rehearsal of Women Beware Women and found Hippolito (Kit Parsons) and Isabella (Céline Mathilda), uncle and niece, embracing and sharing an incestous kiss flavoured by...

Well-managed complexity: ‘In Praise of Love’ 

In Praise of Love by Terence Rattigan was a play well-chosen in today’s political...

Fashion around Oxford – Iggy Clarke

Iggy Clarke, the president of the 2025 Oxford Fashion Gala, shares her style secrets and where she’s shopping right now.

Look up! Statues and gargoyles in Oxford

Walking around Oxford you often feel like you’re part of the city’s tourist attraction....

Review: Chad Valley – Equatorial Ultravox

Cherwell finds moments of vocal brilliance on the Oxford based musician's sophomore EP, despite somewhat bland production values

Review: The Failed Anthology

This anthology by the Failed Novelists' Society is a pleasant surprise for Huw Fullerton

Claymation sensation

Cherwell talks to Richard Keen about his animated film series, Herman and Harold, and how it all began

With nature’s own hand painted?

The O3 Gallery's 'Horti-CULTURE' exhibition intrigues Cherwell with its depiction of life imitating art imitating life

Review: Get Loaded in the Park

A wet day on Clapham Common is sweetened by impressive sets from Razorlight, Noisettes and the Cribs

Review: Are You Having a Laugh?

Vyvyan Almond has a laugh, but not many more.

Review: Macbeth

Conor Tucker reviews the first RSC production specifically designed for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new stage

Circumcision in Uganda

Will Granger witnesses a circumcision ceremony in Uganda

The Renovation of the Corner Club

The Oxford Hub has completely renovated what used to be the Corner Club on Turl Street to turn it into a centre for social enterprise. The downstairs was transformed into a cafe/restaurant, while the upstairs rooms will serve as meeting rooms, events spaces, a resource centre and offices for student-facing charities

Revolution vs. Repression

Cherwell thinks about appearances and reality at the Ashmolean's exhibition of state graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s

Review: Tragedy: A Comedy

Rebecca Tatlow is entertained by a new take on the Bard's greatest works

Review: Parklife Weekender

This two day extravaganza in the heart of Manchester receives a glowing 5 star review from Cherwell

Interview: Morgan and West

Rosalind discovers few secrets from these masters of mystery

First Night Review: For Coloured Girls

Fiamma Mazzocchi Alemanni is enchanted and challenged by some very colourful girls

These Boots are made for SlutWalking

Lauri Saksa travels to London to capture a quirky call for women's rights at this weekend's SlutWalk event

The sun sets on Dream Pop Indie

Cherwell plots the trajectory of Dream Pop today and the emergence of new genres in its wake

Saying No(r)way to cliché

Norwegian singer Jenny Hval talks to Cherwell about working within the feminist tradition and making music on the margins

I can’t survive ‘er

This week our music blogger Remi Graves finds reasons to rant in Beyonce's latest hit

Review: Barefoot in the Park

Rosalind Stone almost literally laughs her socks off watching this production of Neil Simon’s play, Barefoot in the Park

Review: Brideshead Revisited

Rebecca Tatlow adapts herself to a new production of the Oxford favourite, Brideshead Revisited

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