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Review: Allegro Pastel by Leif Randt

Tanja Arnheim and Jerome Aimler are Millennials in a long-distance relationship. Tanja is a Berlin-based novelist and Jerome a Frankfurt-based web designer. They text regularly and occasionally visit one...

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Please, no more biopics!

A few weeks ago, Sam Mendes announced his casting for the Beatles biopics he...

Film David Percival -

Writers on Writing: Reflections on the 2025 Oxford Literary Festival

The Oxford Literary Festival is one of those events I hear about every year,...

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Your essential guide to the music of May Day

May Day: It’s unique, convivial and quintessentially Oxford. Only once a year does the...

Music Daniel Burns -

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Genre confused: Intelligent Dance Music

Each week Cherwell brings you the potted version of an obscure musical genre. This week: IDM.

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Local troubadours Jonquil talk hip-hop, homecomings and Hispanic homies

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Cherwell's pick of Christian cinema's defining moments

Film meets the maker

Cherwell finds God at the cinema

Cat’s Cream: Week 2

Dauntless investigator Catherine Molony risks degree and heart failure to sample Oxford's nightlife on your behalf. Here are her tips for second week.