Culture

How books are burned today

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to be a thing of the...

The paradox of uniformity: Who do we dress for?

Walking to chapel on a mid-winter Wednesday morning, you could almost be certain to...

Must theatre be so dire? Thoughts on the “unworthy scaffold”

If 'art est celare artem' (true art is to conceal art), then theatre is pretty poor art. You ain't fooling me into thinking that's a storm.

Fashion trends: The illusion of choice

Our fashion choices emphasise how our individual styles are limited by the available market, and what fashion magazines and brands declare as ‘in style’.

Greenbox: Change your bank, not the climate

Comprehending how personal finance fuels the global effects of climate change.

Get into… the social scene

Cherwell's resident lifestyle aid, Sian Cox-Brooker, helps you socialise in your first term at Oxford.

Be in a BBC TV programme this Wednesday

In Oxford on Wednesday? Come along to the Union and be part of a new BBC TV series...

Review: ‘The Family’

We take a look at Channel 4's unusual new documentary.

Oxford – social parasites welcome?

As Oxford prepares to consider applicants' postcodes, we ask if Oxford will ever be able to change its image.

Summer Podcast: Sheldonian Restoration

We spoke to the people involved in the four-year conservation of the Sheldonian's magnificent painted ceiling.

Summer Podcast: George McGavin

We talk to one of the presenters of 'Lost Land of the Jaguar' - an exciting new BBC TV series.

‘Violence and Destitution’ at Campsfield House

Cherwell examines claims of violence at Oxford's local detention centre.

Interview: Fiona Bruce

The BBC journalist talks reality TV, Antiques Roadshow and returning to Oxford

07-08 Arts Roundup

Chris Baraniuk on the highlights of the Oxford music, drama and cinema scenes

Oxfordmania!

The inescapable eccentricities of Oxford life explored in words and pictures.

Said donation protests

Oxford University have just decided to accept a second donation from Syrian arms dealer Wafic Said, prompting protests at the Said Business School

Desert Island Dons

What would your dons get up to stranded on a desert island?

In praise of Desengaño

Jeremy Cliffe discusses the value of cynicism

Interview: Claire Wilcox

Louise Collins talks to the V&A’s Senior Fashion Curator

If you tolerate this

Guy Pewsey investigates the rise and fall of the child star

Summer skin

This season’s swimwear is made for gladitorial glamour and beach combat. Metallics and monochrome in hard lines and cool fabrics make for perfect pool side posing

Peter Bowden

If they’d switched it for a donkey’s scrotum, I’d still have believed it

VIDEO: Oxford’s gay scene

Inclusive or cliquey? Max Thompson, Alix Robertson and Rachel Fraser look at Oxford's LGBT scene.

Shorts in the North

The surprises of Russia

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