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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.
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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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Singing a Bonnie tune

En Khong talks to the playwright Bonnie Greer about taking on Question Time with her new opera, Yes

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: Beyond Nevermind

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Nirvana album's release, Cherwell Music takes a trip through American alternative rock

Review: Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Cherwell's Music Editor, Simon Torracinta, takes a look at Father, Son, Holy Ghost, the much-anticipated sophomore effort by California-based indie rockers Girls

Review: Jens Lekman – An Argument with Myself EP

Simon Torracinta indulges in Jens Lekman’s first release in more than four years, the delightfully tropical EP An Argument With Myself

Review: Danny Brown – XXX

Simon Torracinta examines Detroit rapper Danny Brown’s fascinatingly unconventional XXX

Cherwell Music presents Mixer: September 2011

Cherwell Music rounds up the best new tracks that September has to offer, for your listening pleasure.

Uganda right now

Freddie Bowerman frames the rhythm and beauty of daily life in Kampala, Uganda

Great Helsinki

Lauri Saksa explores the Finnish capital

Raw Digs at Straw Dogs

Miles Lawrence comes to the defence of Rod Lurie's remake of the classic Straw Dogs

Cherwell Music’s guide for freshers

Our music editors go in search for some of Oxford's best music venues and give you their pick of upcoming shows

No Benefits

Jacob Williamson doesn’t see the attraction in Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis’ new romcom

Review: Bombay Bicycle Club – A Different Kind of Fix

Cherwell discusses A Different Kind of Fix, the third LP from Crouch End indie rock/folk quartet Bombay Bicycle Club

Review: Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know

Laura Marling dazzled with her first two albums, especially critics’ darling sophomore release I Speak Because I Can. Does her third full-length match up? Matt Walsh takes a look.

Cows, Combines, and Country Bumpkins

With the hay cut and the cows calved, Becky Nye gives us a concluding snapshot of rural life and farming on the Isle of Wight from the summer season.

Review: CANT – Dreams Come True

Natasha Frost dissects the first solo release from Grizzly Bear bassist and producer wunderkind Chris Taylor

The Cherwell Guide to Oxford Cinema

Cherwell Film provides a quick run-down on some of the places in the city you can go to satisfy your filmic cravings

Review: Bestival

Cherwell gives a glowing (but exhausted) review of a weekend of music, mud and Madonna outfits

The Fringe

This week, we continue with the second part in our series on street festivals as Sophie Balfour-Lynn gives us a taste of the drama at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

From the Sublime to the Riddikulus: Part 2

Was the magic really there? Cherwell takes a look back over the Harry Potter film series and says... Yes. Well, maybe.

From the Sublime to the Riddikulus: Part 1

Was the magic really there? Now that the world and his wife is sure to have seen the final installment, Cherwell takes a look back over the Harry Potter film series and says... No.
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