Culture

OUFF’s ‘The Oxford Tales’: Celebrating student filmmaking at Oxford

It’s no secret that Oxford has long been an idealised location for film sets; official-looking SUVs with blacked-out windows and attendants in high vis parading up and down Catte Street and around the Rad Cam are a not-unfamiliar sight.

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Behind the red curtain: ‘Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse’ reviewed

Leo Jones reviews Crazy Child Productions' performance of 'Stories From an Abandoned Warehouse', the first English staging of the play.

Culture Leo Jones -

Siskin

Near the riverside, a girl with walnut hair sat with her back to the...

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Oxford on-screen: Historical atmosphere and fantasy worlds

Ideally, we should strike a balance; an awareness of the reality of life at Oxford can co-exist with an appreciation of its grand architecture and historical atmosphere.

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Review: Kings of Leon at Leeds Festival

Rebecca Treece watches the Tennesse four take to the stage

Review:The Wasp Factory

Ian Banks' unsavoury delight.

Musical Expeditions: Bluegrass in Upstate New York

Hitchhiking deep into the Adirondack Mountains, Evelyn Richardson becomes one of the family in the cosy American world of bluegrass

Review: Inglorious Basterds

Ignore ignorant negative and lukewarm reviews, just go and see it.

Musical Expeditions: Jazz in Prague

The language of dissidents in the Communist era, now a major tourist attraction... Czech jazz: dead or alive?

Listen While You Can: Dark Night of the Soul

The endangered brainchild of Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse, David Lynch, et al.

Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

A half blood prince and a whole lot of drama

Review: Romeo and Juliet

A rock and roll romance...

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2009

Cherwell takes a look at the latest developments at the Royal Academy's annual exhibition

Review: Blur’s Reunion Tour

From Glastonbury to Hyde Park: The 'Best Days of their Lives'? Evelyn Richardson checks out the long-awaited return of Brit Pop's finest

Make it New

Barney Norris explains the thinking behind his new Hamlet

Friday Night with The Saturdays

Paul-Stephen Bishop's account of The Saturdays' "gig" at Oxford's New Theatre

First Night Review: An Inspector Calls

A superb production at the Playhouse

Soi Cowboy

A look at British director Thomas Clay’s take on modern Thailand

Review: The Pursuit of Laughter

Will Small reviews the diary of Britain's infamous fascist family

Review: Paperweight

Our reviewer finds that silence is golden in this absurd and moving piece of Theatre

Review: Fairy Queen

A single actor plays out a strange world...

First Night Review: tick…tick…Boom!

The Larson musical seriously impresses

Interview: Philip Pullman

Pullman talks dark materials and light comedy with Cherwell

Nuns and nipple-sucking

the strange world of the 24 hour play

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