Friday 2nd January 2026

Culture

‘The political is also political’: Ash Sarkar’s ‘Minority Rule’

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher educational institutions, particularly ancient and elite ones in the Anglophone world, are governed by centuries...

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s...

‘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,...

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...

A trip into the darkness of nazist paranoia

Concepta Cassar is shaken by a strong adaptation of Brecht

Chinese New Year’s Gala

Clare Richards and Maryam Ahmed went to see the glitter and light of the Chinese New Year's gala to bring us a piece of the wonderful Oxonian diversity

Silhouettes

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The poet’s Saul

Concepta Cassar is introduced to poetic dancing with Saul Williams

‘I’d like to thank my hamster’

Cherwell takes a quick look at the Oscar nominations

Review: The Fighter

Cherwell finds Christian Bale on top form in the much-awaited David O. Russell film

Graphic Violence

Cherwell offers two different perspectives on the much maligned comic book

Under the Covers

Cherwell chats with David Pearson, designer for the Penguin Great Ideas series

Judged By Its Cover: The Yellow Wallpaper

Cherwell eyes up the Dover Thrift Edition of The Yellow Wallpaper

Judged By Its Cover: Beloved

Cherwell examines the Vintage Classics edition of Beloved

Judged By Its Cover: Luchford

We look at the 2009 Steidl volume of Glen Luchford’s photography.

Judged By Its Cover: Kafka

Cherwell looks at the striking 2009 Oxford World’s Classics editions of Kafka.

Spinal Tap Revisited

Has this cult classic lost its appeal for the MTV generation?

Dream Diaries: Part 1

Producer of A Dream Play, Charlotte Ellis, takes us behind the scenes with an insider's view into putting on a play

Review: The Thin Red Line (1964)

There is something to be said for Andrew Marton’s gritty take on James Jones' novel.

Review: Betrayal

This piece about the Nazi occupation of Norway is something of a missed opportunity.

Review: ‘All Day’ by Girl Talk

Girl Talk release a disappointing third album

Review: No Direction Home

Scorcese's documentary on Bob Dylan is 208 minutes long, but still watchable

Review: Control

Anton Corbijn's sincere account of the life of Ian Curtis

Here’s Lookin’ at Zoo, kid

Andrew McCormack takes a stroll in the park with Albee's Zoo Story

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