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How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...

The burden of the face: Why are so many singers wearing masks?

We can all name at least one musician who has performed behind a balaclava, helmet, or hood. Whether to preserve anonymity, cultivate mystery, or construct an entirely new artistic identity, masking the face is common among those under the limelight.

New Oxford Windrush generation exhibit opens for Black History Month 

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the...

“There’s a play in that”: interview with ‘The Gang of Three’ playwright Robert Khan

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down...

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.

Review: Wanted

Out now on DVD

Review: Ghost Town

In cinemas October 24

Too Cool for School?

As High School Musical 3 hits cinemas, we put Disney's most lucrative asset on trial

Rushdie was robbed

Why was Rushdie's The Enchantress of Florence left off the Booker Prize shortlist?

Blasphemy: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Each week Cherwell cuts a literary 'classic' down to size. This week: George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

The World’s A Stage: India

Cherwell experiences dandiya raas

Review: The last train out of here

BT early slot, Tuesday - Saturday 3rd week

Review: The last five years

Keble O'Reilly, Wednesday - Saturday 3rd week

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