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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...

“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...

‘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.

Oxford’s art scene: A picture still being painted

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

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 4

Hattie Soper finds herself disappointed by the latest adaptation of Jane Eyre

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 3

Matthew Isard defends the upcoming reboot of the Spider-man film series

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 2

Joseph Newall evaluates some remakes that may even surpass the originals

Unoriginal Sin: The Downfall of Film? Part 1

Cherwell Film looks into the growing trend of remakes, reboots and adaptations

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Cover Me

Cherwell Music ponders the art of the cover version, with examples of how to get it right (and wrong)

Frieze!

Rebecca Loxton reviews Frieze Art Fair in Regent's Park

Teenage hobo junkie vampires

Tom Cutterham examines the serious side of an indie bestseller

Cult Books – American Psycho

Tom May reviews Bret Easton Ellis' classic American Psycho

Google: art on the line?

Rebecca Loxton investigates a new threat to museums and galleries

First night review: The Picture of Dorian Gray

Find out how Wilde's prosaic masterpiece makes its theatre debut at the Oxford Playhouse...

Should bands ever reform?

In the wake of The Stone Roses' second coming, Ceri Fowler wonders whether band reunions are ever a good idea

Review: Future Islands – On the Water

Sam Parsons examines the latest ocean-themed release from Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands.

Preview : It’s My Party

Polly Marsden goes to the preview of It's My Party, a brand new comedy which discovers what happens when no girls turn up to your Birthday Party.

Failure – and how to narrowly avoid it

The latest duo to emerge from the chrysalis - or sinking ship? - of the Oxford Revue gets put through its paces

Review: Will Rory and Tim sell out?

Introducing, getting up close with and - hastily previewing - Rory and Tim's new offering

Shakespeare Disappear?

Claire Harrill worries that bard may soon become barred as funding cuts take effect

Playing the beautiful game

Jessica Benhamou talks to Catherine Hakim, author of Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital

Do you like plays? They do

Fen Greatley salutes genuine dramatic entrepreneurialism

Going Wilde for Dorian

We take a look at a pretty picture's preparation

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Oxford Blues

Cherwell Music takes a tour through the past and present of Oxford’s music scene

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