Culture

Kooky and self-assured: ‘Brew Hill’ in review

Pecadillo Productions’ latest show is (quite rightly) aiming for Fringe, but this kooky, self-assured tragicomedy has immediate cult classic potential.

Culture Abigail Lakeland -

Art is an argument, so argue back

Often, how much we like artwork comes down to ‘vibes’, initial gut-reactions we make, and then quickly negate by stating that surely it's all about taste.

Art Maxim Vorobev -

Red soles, red flags: Jaden Smith and the celebrity takeover of high fashion

Smith’s appointment has raised some serious questions about the extent to which nepotism and celebrity is superseding artistic talent in the fashion industry at present.

Culture Victoria Corfield -

The ‘Silent’ Film

Not speaking does not necessarily mean having nothing to say. As much can be said with an image, movement, or glance as with a word.

Culture Willow Jopp -

Interview: Glyn Maxwell

A conversation with the playwright on Troy, poetry, and how verse can make it from the stage to the pubs

Review: Dr Faustus

Oliver Moody watches Marlowe's perennial classic lavishly resurrected in Blackwells.

First Night Review: Back to Back (New Writing Festival)

Cherwell takes a peep at Carla Neuss' tender but sometimes impersonal meditation on love

Review: Mahomet and Zaire

Francesca Wade is nearly but not quite convinced by these tales of religious fanaticism

Review: To Hold an Apple (New Writing Festival)

Rimika Solloway is pleasantly surprised by this semi-improvised offering

Review: Faultlines (New Writing Festival)

Francesca Wade watches someone swim out of the Burton Taylor...

Murder, they wrote

Are real murder cases fair game for the film and television industry?

The Oscars: A host of irritations

Cherwell is left cold by this year's bantering compères

On an uneventful night

The predictably predictable Academy Awards

Review: After the Dance

Amid a crumbling 1930s society, the dance must go on...

Review: Chekhov’s Baby

A 'must-see' production

Review: Accessory to Murder

Dana Walters pieces together the clues to discover a fine new drama

A song about flippers? S-imp-le

Francesca Wade is wowed by the Oxford Imps in rehearsal and in performance

Review: Five Noh Plays

Concepta Cassar is impressed by the creative combination of Ezra Pound and Erik Satie in Merton Chapel

Review: A Little Too Dark

Rosalyn Johnston sees crude jokes and dodgy accents redeemed by some very funny sketches

Review: True Grit

‘I’m too Old and Fat’ - Cherwell takes a look at re-making the Western.

Review: Year of the Rat

George Orwell finds love and talking animals on a remote island...

We’re All Bokononists

Kurt Vonnegut's insight applies to today's political culture.

Review: Tribes gig at the Cellar, 5th February

Flo manages to catch up with the band before their gig

Review: Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie xx – We’re New Here

An album that will win you over to the 'post-dubstep' sound of 2011

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