Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Culture

Cricket jumpers at the club? What Oxford students are really wearing

Perhaps style at Oxford is ultimately about learning how not to let the mask slip.

Should we judge a book by its cover?

Maybe we need to start giving a chance to the books we wouldn't usually take a second glance at. 

“Mummy said I’m pretty”: Nepo babies on the runway

What positive changes are the people born into this system going to advocate for?

Review: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Burton’s famous gift for mixing the dark and eerie with the fun and satirical shines through once again.

A Hitchhikers Guide to a Free Ride

Looking for the truth on the open road...

The power of a bag

Are designer bags are worth the investment?

A touch of class

The English are as obsessed by class as always.

Oxford University’s Open Days

Cherwell meets organisers and prospective applicants at Oxford's annual open days

Economics with a social conscience?

Cherwell talk to Miriam Kennet, Founder and Director of the Green Economics Institute

Sound and Vision

Dave McLeod talks to author Kieron Gillen about his music inspired graphic novel Phonogram

Heard it on the grapevine

Alex Linsey reveals the truth about wine tasting and what’s good for under a tenner

News Roundup: Week 6

The news team discusses sex, ducks and rocking the vote.

Summer Book Club

Chris and Rees take you on a literary adventure in anticipation of a summer full of fun...

Review: An Uncivil Partnership

a rather civil production

Colouring Outside the Lines

Rebecca Rosen talks to Shirley Hughes, OBE, the woman who illustrated your childhood

Uprooting the Family Tree

Helen Smith examines our irrational obsession with the exploits of our ancestors

New Roundup: Week 5

Antonia and Katie take a look at the week's top stories

Interview: Helen Fielding

Talking to Helen Fielding, the woman who defined a decade of chick-flicks

‘Put People First’ Protest March

Cherwell attended a political rally that called for major changes to the way we now live.

News Roundup: Week 4

Antonia and Marta bring you the news and look back at Eurovision

Album Review: Skepta’s Microphone Champion

Cherwell fails to be impressed by Skepta's new offering

For the Love of Film 10

Ben and Laurence bring us film news and a look at the quirky Coraline and the new Star Trek

iSPY

Sarah Ventress conducts reconnaissance on Britain's most elusive graduate employer

Viva L’Otra Vida

Antonia Burrows investigates the latest Oxford-based charitable venture, an unmissable festival in South Parks

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