Saturday 15th November 2025

Culture

The lying life of authors: John le Carré and authorial double-lives

“I’m not a spy who writes novels, I am a writer who briefly worked in the secret world.” This was said by the famous author John le Carré, who...

‘Undeniably and uniformly exceptional’: Uncle Vanya Reviewed

It is a privilege to attend the most anticipated production of the term, and...

“You will kill my children!”: ‘A View from the Bridge’ reviewed

The stellar cast of Labyrinth Productions’ A View from the Bridge delivered a layered,...

The caring individual: John le Carré at the Weston

At the back of the Weston Library, in a small room off to one...

Cherwell photo blog – 5th Week (blues)

Beat the blues by checking out our incredible photo blog...

Armistice Day Blues

A review of the O'Reilly's 5th week show, Journey's End

Two people without a story?

William Hooper applauds everything about the BT’s latest new writing show ‘Just Two People’ - everything, that is, except the script

Hit me baby one more time

Oliver Moody is stupefied by a brilliant production of ‘Taking Care of Baby’

Let me out

Jane Brik-Nimby is bored by a pointless remake of a Swedish classic

Another year, another classic

Ben Kirby reviews Mike Leigh's new movie, Another Year, and is almost stunned into silence by the shock of the ordinary

If you can’t Beat them, join them

The birth of a generation: Jamie Randall introduces the rhyme and grime of the legendary post-war group of beat poets

The great American grovel

As the midterm elections reveal a crisis of confidence in the US, Cherwell Books looks at the REM cycles of the American dream

Review: Small Craft On A Milk Sea – Brian Eno

‘Each track evokes a shifting cinematic landscape’, says Alex Dudok de Wit

Back on track with Annie Mac

Evie Deavall discusses Britain’s sound of 2010 with the biggest Mac this side of fast food stores

Interview: The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

Claire Castles has a plucking good chat with the world's most famous Ukulele players

Online Review: Carthaginians

Henry Whorwood is mightily impressed by a drama based around the Bloody Sunday massacre

Cherwell photo blog – Fourth Week

Some more photographic treats from MT10!

Browned Off

We sent some of our photographers to the Browne review protest on Thursday. Here are the results...

Bernard hasn’t lost any Sharpeness

The best-selling creator of Richard Sharpe and author of The Fort talks to Beau Woodbury in the Union bar

The Notorious L.I.T: burn these books

Cherwell Culture has read awful books, so that you don’t have to (but also so we can say nasty things about them)

Review: North – Darkstar

'Darkstar expand dubstep's crossover potential further than ever before', says Joseph Lloyd

I ain’t saying he’s a golddigger

Alex Dudok de Wit investigates the effects of the global recession on the hip hop genre

Hidden Horror

Cherwell Culture finds three hidden horror gems. Less well known, but seriously scary. Don't read this column alone.

Should you go see Saw?

This Halloween's dose of gore is dissected by Dale Viva-Lee

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