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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...
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“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...
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‘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.
Culture Alice Rubli -

Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

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

It has been accused of irrelevance and elitism, but classical music’s revolution is in the air, writes Cecilia Stinton

A Students’ Tribute to David Foster Wallace

Three years on from his suicide, Cherwell commemorates the life and works of a cult literary genius

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: October 2011

Cherwell Music's run-down of last month's best music, featuring new tracks by Mazzy Star, Tom Waits, and The Field.

Horror’s Final Destination

In a Cherwell Film post-Halloween special, Joseph Newall finds himself despairing at the horror genre

Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Nathan O'Neill is more disappointed than chilled by the horror sequel

Horrifically Clichéd

Siobhan Dunlop examines the terrors and tropes of the horror genre

Cream of the Cuppers Crop

A taste of the plethora of cuppers plays on at the Burton Taylor Studio this week

Review: Patrick Wolf, O2 Academy

Natasha Frost describes Patrick Wolf's captivating recent performance at Oxford's O2 Academy on 31st October

Review: Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu

Simon Torracinta is left nonplussed by Lou Reed and Metallica's utterly bizarre collaboration

Review: Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto

Kiley Bense examines Coldplay's latest offering, Mylo Xyloto, produced by Brian Eno

Letting go: The Antlers start anew

Tom May discusses life as a full band and following up a career-defining record with the Brooklyn trio

Adventures with Tintin

Robin McGhee talks to Tintinologist Michael Farr about the magic of Hergé's creation and Spielberg's latest film

Not-so-horrible histories

Ella Sands recommends five history books you might actually enjoy

Cult Books: The Other Hand

Cult Books continues with Fay Lomas' review of a future cult classic

Scenes at the sexhibition

Richard O’Brien visits Sexual Nature at the Natural History Museum

Re-living Stalingrad’s horrors

Master of militaria Antony Beevor tells Robin McGhee the secrets of writing the Second World War

Review: Mammals

Katy Ebner-Landy gets hot under the collar for some red-blooded theatre

Hong Kong

Clare Richards brings a view from the eastern metropolis

Review: Melancholia

James Aber reviews Melancholia
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