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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.
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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’.
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Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into...
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The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.
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Review: Eugene Onegin at St John’s College Auditorium

The People's Opera's production of Eugene Onegin is a great achievement against the odds

Interview: quantum gravity physicist Carlo Rovelli

The man who uses his writing to share his love of physics

Cracked Actors: Invention and Reinvention in Music

A change of persona can yield new creative space and energy.

Power Up

This week we celebrate the power of androgynous fashion and its capacity to reshape workwear.

Flattering fashion: fiction or reality?

Are fashion rules completely damaging, or do they have their uses?

Introducing 2019 in colour: Living Coral

Pantone has revealed Living Coral to be their 2019 Colour of the Year. But what exactly is the significance of this title? And how far can colour reach beyond fashion in shaping our everyday lives?

The Anatomy of Portioning

The problem of portion sizing facing our national nutrition

Raf Simons: short-lived brilliance

Raf Simons' recent departure from Calvin Klein raises questions about his history of short-term affairs with fashion houses

Simply the breast: fashion frees the nipple

Fashion is an undeniable driver of the movement to free the nipple. But what are the darker implications of this?

Binge shopping – a no brainer?

Exploring the science behind the 'treat yourself' mentality

Word on the Street

Student style in its laidback, everyday glory

Fast Film: In a Lonely Place unites noir tradition with painfully real romance

Humphrey Bogart is a man addled by loneliness in this cinematic masterclass of subtlety and allegory.

Review: The 1975’s latest album falls short

Some robotic pretentious waffle. Some cynical love songs. Some good hooks, a few nice bridges. Rinse and repeat for an album for an identikit album, with a dozen else out there the same.

The Year in Fashion: 2018’s Best and Worst Trends

The Cherwell Fashion Editors give their take on 2018's key trends.

Technical difficulties delay Union term card release

Apple delayed registering the app due to technical problems

The Bookshelf: Vita Sackville-West’s ‘Solitude’

As part of our new blog series ‘The Bookshelf’, Jenny Scoones finds solace in Vita Sackville-West’s ‘Solitude’.

Why fashion can be whatever it wants to be

In defence of the outrageously impractical: an art form that deserves the same freedom to invent impractical and weird creations

Historicising Fashion

A reflection on the implications of fashion - the good and the bad - through changing historical contexts

An alternative to ‘Fast Film’

Modern cinema is rubbish - it is time to rediscover some old classics to remind ourselves what it is to be truly moved by film.

Whales: cultural traditions vs conservative concerns

Japan’s withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission must be seen in the light of our own environmental decisions
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