Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Culture

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests itself in Oxford’s sub fusc – mounting costs and pressure of tradition aside, it’s at...

No-buy Trinity: A guide to buying less and creating more

For Oxford students, the start of Trinity marks not just the start of the...

Cherubs Grow On Trees: Atmospheric student filmmaking

Making short films is hard. You have anything between two and 20 minutes to...

Cheap cashmere in freezing February

Cashmere is a luxury fibre, warm in winter, sustainable, but you may have been...

Interview: Peter James

The bestselling author talks about organ trafficking, literature and tips for aspiring writers

Truckin’ Down Cowley Road

From the creators of Truck comes the new OX4 festival

Getting naked at Climate Camp

Exhibitionists or activists? Cherwell interviews Oxford students protesting in London

Summer Food Come Rain or Shine

Food ideas for the season, whatever the weather

A Week of Standing Out

Georgia Lindsay spends a week living on the other side of fashion.

Our Man Abroad: Damascus

Nude bathing and political turmoil in the Syrian capital.

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep

So lighten up

Saving Squirrel Nutkin

The comeback of native Britain

Our Man Abroad: Jordan

Hector Keate takes us off the beaten track

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

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