Culture

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s 2009 tragicomedy. The play follows a group of people of different ages taking a beginners’ drama...

Culture Lara Machado -

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...

Culture Peter Chen -

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...

Culture Charlie Bailey -

‘Lux’ by Rosalía review: A breath of fresh air

'The Latin title ‘Lux’ perfectly embodies the concept and overall aesthetic of divine femininity, as well as the multilingual aspects that run throughout the work. With complex and meaningful lyrics written in 13 languages, and split into four movements, the record is a breath of fresh air for the pop scene'.

Culture Imogen Forrest -

Love During Wartime

All's fair in love and war

Watch Together/Watch Alone

A guide to what to opt for whether you're on a date or having some alone time....

Review: Never Let Me Go

Young British heavyweights Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan star in this adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguru’s novel set in an alternate Britain.

Review: Spring Awakening

Conor Tucker is impressed by this powerful, punkish musical

Review: Paul

Pegg and Frost's latest effort is in dire need of the Wright stuff.

Interview: Mark Romanek

Cherwell speaks to director Mark Romanek, the self-professed 'film brat' behind 'Never Let Me Go'

A ‘Jerry Maguire’ Guide to Love

Cherwell takes a look at what the 1990s classic tells us about love and the rom-com.

Back to the age of innocence

They call it peter-pan complex

The Sublime and the Grotesque

Cherwell reviews the Oxford Art Movement show with a tantalizing theme.

21 Sketchbooks

Alisha Patel interviews the creators of Keble's collaborative art project.

Andrew Motion speaks out

Our poetry correspondent Concepta Cassar tries not to make any obvious 'motion' puns as the former Poet Laureate speaks at Oxford

Signs of the times

Cherwell photographers were out to record the messages left around Oxford.

First night review: Troilus and Cressida

An ancient tale full of modern twists

The fight continues…

The vote on tuition fee hikes passed but the student movement hasn't lost its vigour...

Music replay

A look at how listening has developed over the years

Review: Joan As Police Woman

Joan As Police Woman's new album veers away from the emotional loss that shaped previous outings

Review: Cold War Kids

Cold War Kids move away from their once distinctive sound in their new album

Review: Bruno Mars

Patrick Scott looks at Bruno Mars' long-awaited debut album.

Why we can’t afford to cut our libraries

Philip Pullman and others defend the importance of local libraries

A trip into the darkness of nazist paranoia

Concepta Cassar is shaken by a strong adaptation of Brecht

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