Winter 2026The independent journal of cheese
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Opinion & Culture

Cheese in the Arts

Cheese in the arts brings together language, pictures, stories, performance and music, with routes into both familiar references and less familiar works. Choose a subject below to explore how cheese is represented, or follow the reading order from everyday expressions to guides for watching and checking sources.

Cheese beside an unfinished painting in an artist’s studio
A vintage camera and a piece of cheese
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Cheese Words, Idioms and Sayings

You are facing a camera.

Cheeses and pewter on a seventeenth century table
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Cheese in Art and Literature

Macaroni and ravioli tumble down a mountain of grated Parmesan, ready for anyone below to gather.

Cheese and strawberry in a farmhouse kitchen
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Cheese in Film and Television

Crackers packed.

Cheese and a model rocket in a studio still life
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Wallace and Gromit and Wensleydale: The Documented Story

Picture Hawes at Christmas in 1992.

An imagined mammoth cheese ready for admiration
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Cheese in Songs, Poems and Nursery Rhymes

Picture the ceremonial welcome.

Cheese and pears on a French dessert table
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Cheese Quotations: Verified Sources and Misattributions

Dessert arrives.

An empty cheese shop counter
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Monty Python's Cheese Shop Sketch: The Cheeses and the Comedy

You ask for cheese.

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