Friday 2nd January 2026

Culture

‘The political is also political’: Ash Sarkar’s ‘Minority Rule’

Universities have often been seen as bastions of radicalism. Forgetting the fact that higher educational institutions, particularly ancient and elite ones in the Anglophone world, are governed by centuries...
Books Morien Robertson -

Graceful and self-assured: Circle Mirror Transformation reviewed

Boulevard Productions’ Circle Mirror Transformation is a faithful and competent take on Annie Baker’s...
Culture Lara Machado -

‘We’re all mad here’: Alice in Won-DRE-Land at Tingewick 2025

When I wandered into Tingewick Hall on a cold, dark evening in seventh week,...
Culture Peter Chen -

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed by Ollie Gillam and Gilon Fox, delivered a strong...
Culture Charlie Bailey -
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We get a good look at Oxford's telescope exhibition

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Jenny Vass reviews Kieran Stiles' new exhibition.

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Andrew Motion's 'Ways of Life'

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CJ Sansom, Pan Books, £7.99

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Blasphemy: On The Road

This week, Cherwell gets angry about the Jack Kerouac 'classic'

The World’s A Stage: Cairo

Cherwell witnesses some unusual interpretations of Shakespeare...

Review: Endgame

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Review: Richard III

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Review: A Few Good Men

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All jazzed up and nowhere to go?

We take a look at what's on offer for the jazz connoisseur in Oxford

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Dario Fo's best-known play receives four star treatment from Polar Bear Productions

First Night: The Last Train Out of Here

We take a first-night look at Helen McCabe's new play

Craig has Connery’s Crown in sight

Joshua Williams anticipates this season's biggest film event; Quantum of Solace.

Jose Parla – Cuban Graffiti

Jacob goddard looks at Jose Parla's debut graffiti show

Los Campesinos!- ‘We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed’

Alex Wilson reviews Los Campesinos' newest release

Genre Confused; Anticon

Andrew Littlejohn looks at the redeeming features of Anticon

Friday Night-Mare

Robert Holtom celebrates halloween with a scary movie marathon

Keane – Perfect Symmetry

Are Keane as cool as they'd like to be? We find out if their latest album measures up...

The Perlys – Yet Death will seize …

We review an album packed full of quacked-up, left-of-the-beat jiggy-pop.
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