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Rags to riches: unravelling the stitched up class divide in fashion

Fashion trends come and go as quickly as the seasons change, but is the UK class system still entrenched by these shifts in style? New movements in vintage fashion...

Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits

The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...

The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

Mistakes and Markers of Time

"It's very easy to criticise and cringe at old pictures of yourself, wondering how your mum ever let you leave the house in your most treasured white ripped ‘joni jeans’"

The Oxford Fashion Gala is Back!

"After an incredible sold-out 2023 show, The Oxford Fashion Gala is back for 2024, so get the date in your diary (W3 TT24!)"

Cherworld: Hilary Week 5

Robin and Sophie discuss St Anne's recent refusal to fly the LGBT pride flag to mark LGBT history month: should they amend college policy in order to show their support?

Interview: The Barefaced Night

Ruby Riley and Matt Isard discuss The Barefaced Night with the director, the producer, and an actor. It's an alternative show and merges dance, live music, and story telling to create a timeless fairytale.

Report: Oxford Climate Forum 2012

Rachel Savage talks to top-flight figures and attendees at the biggest student-led climate change forum in the country.

Cherworld: Hilary Week 4

Sophie and Robin discuss the latest blow to hit the beleagured Murdoch empire: Harris Manchester's ban on all Murdoch publications. Join the debate on press standards and the future of print journalism.

Interview: Jake’s Progress

Hannah Blyth speaks to the cast and crew of the upcoming production of Jake's Progress

For The Love of Film

Matt Isard looks at how paradise is not always what it seems in The Descendants and how kids should not be given super powers till they are 21 in Chronicle.

Speaking in Tongues – Part 3

The final installment of Rob William's thought provoking play brings more revelations about the troubled individuals in this drama.

Snog Marry Avoid? #4

Xin Fan and Vickie Morrish take the SMAorgasBoard to Narnia this week as the discerning Oxford townspeople give their vote on which CS Lewis creation they most approve of.

Grumpy Old Oxford #2 Oh What a Night

In the second episode of the series our grumpy students discuss the shortcomings of the Oxford nightlife scene.

Interview: Messiah Man

Ruby Riley and Matthew Isard talk to the writers and actors of the new comedy Messiah Man about how the merger of comedy and drama work, and what is the best way to get into writing in Oxford.

What a Wit

Ruby Riley and Bria Thomas talk to the co-directors and lead female of upcoming play Wit.

Cherworld: Hilary Week 3

Two library-related stories this week, eliciting some very passionate opinions from Sophie Jamieson and Robin McGhee.

Simply Spring

A quick guide to updating your wardrobe for Spring

An exploration into Orpheus In the Underworld

Hannah Blyth speaks to Ben Holder and Julia Sitkotvesky about the production of Offenbach's operetta Orpheus in the Underworld.

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