Culture

‘Pour summer in a glass’: retracing Dandelion Wine

“You did not hear them coming. You hardly heard them go. The grass bent down, sprang up again. They passed like cloud shadows downhill ... the boys of summer,...

The Source Cici Zhang -

Reviving the symposium at the Ashmolean Krasis programme

Dara Mohd, herself a Krasis Scholar, converses with Dr Jim Harris about his object-centred symposium program, Krasis, at the Ashmolean Museum.

Art Dara Mohd -

‘This Room Their Lives’ in Magdalen College’s Waynflete building

Every Magdalen member remembers their first encounter with the Waynflete Building. Sticking out a...

Art Josie Stern -

In More, Pulp aren’t just trading on nostalgia – they’re fresh

In a year where many are talking about one Britpop band in particular –...

Music Tom Cockburn -

Review: Troilus and Cressida

A highly rated production of an underrated play

Review: The Red and the Black

Cherwell is taken in by this extremely fun adaptation.

Review: The Dumb Waiter

Concepta Cassar is intrigued and bemused by this production of Pinter's black comedy

Review: Barney’s Version

Not quite as funny or dramatic as you would hope, but there is a certain insidious charm to this new release starring Paul Giamatti.

Review: Biutiful

Bardem delivers the performance of a lifetime in this uncompromisigly gritty and painful story of a family living on the edge of Barcelona's criminal underworld.

Review: Black Swan

Cherwell is underwhelmed by Darren Aronofsky's latest effort.

Twilight of the Superhero Movie

Cherwell considers the futures of the Marvel and DC franchises.

Review: The Seagull

Carla Neuss discovers her inner Chekhov lover.

Interview: Athol Fugard

The director of Statements talks to the South African playwright.

Review: Mitsuko Uchida

Rachel Coombes is spellbound by the world famous pianist.

Review: British Sea Power

Cherwell is impressed by Valhalla Dancehall, BSP's confident 5th album.

No Such Thing As Cool?

Cherwell looks at the richness and diversity of the music we hear today

Interview: Helen Statham

Annabel James talks to the director of the O3 Gallery

Last chance to see – Ben Johnson at the National Gallery

Joe Lloyd considers the inherent artifice of landscape painting.

Review: Blue Valentine

A moving tale of good times lost

A Critical Profession

Guardian theatre critic Michael Billington on the joys and pitfalls of drama writing.

A First Sight of a Bright Talent

Francesca Wade talks to Oxford graduate and playwright Barney Norris.

Etheral, Timeless, and a Size 10

The costume designer for The Seagull writes on the challenges and importance of her job.

Interview: Paul Roseby

Cherwell sits down to chat with the director of the National Youth Theatre

Review: The King’s Speech

This brilliant British film will put Firth in line to the Oscar throne.

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