Culture

Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 having just begun, I’m reminded of a question a friend once asked the group chat: “If I buy a Lionesses shirt, do you guys think I’ll be called a pick-me?”

Culture Emma Heagney -

Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

"There’s a lot of symbolism within queer fashion: ways to speak with our appearance when it hasn’t always been safe or possible to share our identities out loud."

Culture Cerys Bennison -

Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

Is there hope for young journalists in the midst of an unemployment crisis, funding cuts to arts-based degrees, and the unknowns of AI? Yes, Julia and Daisy think, but it is by far the hardest time to be a new fashion journalist.

Culture Emma Heagney and Amy Lawson -

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.

Culture Victoria Corfield -

Join the Debate: Are ‘alcohol pills’ a good thing?

Cherwell asks students what they think of a new drug that mimics the effects of alcohol.

Whistle While You Work!

Swot: Shop - The Reinvention Of Whistles

For the Love of Film

Matt and Laurence review Avatar, Sherlock Holmes and The Road

Out of Breath Podcasts: The Teacher’s Pet

Harriet Madeley performs this original new monologue

News Roundup: First Week

Giving you further insight into three main news stories and a quick look through the rest of the paper

Eye Candy: Style, not fashion

Fashion Blog: Hanna and Joanna love their French Vogue classics

A decade in review

The highs and lows of 2000-2009. Mostly the lows.

Dinner with friends

Conan McKenzie advises where to dine with your companions

Blind date: Week 1

No sparks fly between Fizzy and Sam

Fashion calendar

Our fashion team presents this term's highlights

How to Cook… Sausage Cassoulet

Marc Kidson shows you how to make a cheap and easy winter warmer

The Pro

Charlotte Houston tells us about international lacrosse.

Hilary’s dramatic highlights HRSP

Our Stage Editor takes a look at what's on stage this term.

Top four Oxford retreats… for an afternoon tea

Where to relax over a cuppa

Here’s What You’ve Missed: 0th Week

Audience verdicts on plays each week, every week.

A White Winter in Oxford

Naomi Richman investigates how heavy snowfall has affected students.

Paris, je t’aime!

Swot: Shop The Parisienne collection at Topshop

Eye Candy: Coats

Alex, a 2nd year history student shows us how she wears hers

Interview: Larry Lamb

Sarah Ventress talks to Larry Lamb about fame, his advice for aspiring thespians and EastEnders

Going Up Going Down

Cherwell's lifestyle team guide you through the ups and downs of the week

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