Saturday 28th February 2026

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.

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.

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.

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.

Review: Three More Sleepless Nights

A show to make you slit your wrists - for all the right reasons!

The Insect Play

Cherwell reviews Trinity's garden play

tick…tick…Boom

Larson's rock monologue at the OFS

Review: We’ll Meet Again

Cherwell celebrates a new comedy that brings home the funny.

Review: Green Day

We review Green Day's long-awaited new album '21st Century Breakdown'

Review: Alphabetical Order

This newspaper-centred farce is just like OxStu, only funny.

Udder

A play about milk addiction

Interview: Ruth Padel

Cherwell talks to Ruth Padel, Oxford's new Professor of Poetry

Review: Childish Sophistication

Jonathan Sims looks at sculpted wooden toys by Ian McKay and silkscreen paintings by Catherine Rayner

Review: Awaydays

Cherwell aims a kick at Holden's offering

Top Five Films to…make you laugh irritatingly loudly

A comedic twinge for filmic fiends

Interview: Bombay Bicycle Club

Cherwell chats to the band at the Great Escape Festival

Uncooping diverse talents

Chickenshed: a company destroying social divides through drama

Fit Fiction: Shakespeare’s Men

Our contributor gets hot under the collar for Willy's dramatic creations

Review: This is India

A British gap-year student goes to India in this new production

All’s Well That Ends Well

Shakespeare's Blackest Comedy in Magdalen College Gardens

Interview: Holy Fuck

what the Fuck is up with this music scene?

Interview: The Sunshine Underground

we bring a little bit of Sunshine into your life

Review: The Pitchfork Disney

Almost as good as that bit in Bambie where his mother dies

Review: As You Desire Me

Not a play for theatre-goers desiring anything substantial

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