Saturday 20th September 2025

Culture

Animal History: Reviewed

If an older adult has ever raised their eyebrow at your vegetarianism, then I might just have the book for you. They might be interested in knowing that even...

Hertford Archaeology Open Day: Medieval Oxford laid bare

You may have spent the last year wondering what has been going on amongst...

The Blue Trail: Reviewed

★★★★☆ The Blue Trail (O Último Azul), this year’s winner of the Berlin International Film...

Review: Sketches from a Curious Mind

In 1962, Edward Anthony wrote: “Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a...

Interview: Lola Perrin

The piano world's morning-star charms Cherwell

Review: Salt

Angelina Jolie's new vehicle is preposterous, convoluted and surprisingly entertaining.

Playwriting that pays the bills

An interview with playwright, Rachel Barnett on her new work, The Law of Inertia

Review: Big Chill

Patrick Fleming finds his festival served uncomfortably lukewarm

Interviews: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Cherwell interrogates the stars behind Edgar Wright's latest offering.

Reviews: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Jen and Ben clash over the effectiveness of this comic book brought to life.

Review: Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

An abundance of style is no substitute for intelligence or heart.

The real Serge Gainsbourg?

Alex Dudok de Wit watches Joann Sfar's "fairytale" biopic of the French sleazebag icon

Fritzl to hit-zl

Cherwell reviews 'Room', the darkest dark horse in the race for the Booker

Review: The Expendables

A terrible, testosterone-filled fusion of Team America and My Beautiful Laundrette.

Interview: The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren chat about their action-packed film.

Review: Best Coast

Is Matt crazy for new Californian outfit Best Coast? Well, almost.

It’s OK To Cry In Films

Why shedding a tear in the cinema can only be a good thing.

Review: The Master and Margarita

Review of The Master and Margarita, now playing at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Wolfgang Tillmans at the Serpentine Gallery

Chris de Beneducci reviews a retrospective of the controversial German photographer

The Tarantino Conundrum

Ben Kirby examines what happens when good directors go bad.

Top 5: Open Air Cinema Events

The best of this Summer's outdoor cinema venues

Review: Dawkins debunked

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marilynne Robinson tries her hand at philosophy

Review: The Prisoner of Second Avenue

Ben Kirby reviews the Old Vic's revival of Neil Simon's 1971 play starring Jeff Goldblum

Behind the Fringe: The Master and Margarita

A behind the scenes interview with the creative minds behind the new adaptation of Bulgakov's novel

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