Wednesday 9th July 2025

Culture

Cultural Fashion at the Queen’s Confluence Dinner

Not often do I get to break out the Middle Eastern kaftan hanging idle in my wardrobe; it is simply too lavish for a two-course second sitting, yet not...

Common threads: Historical fashion and its lessons for our time

When we think of historical fashion, images of towering wigs, tight-laced corsets, heavy brocades...

Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether...

Oxford Fashion Gala’s ‘Metamorphosis’ reflects the beauty of change

The Oxford Fashion Gala was back and bigger than ever, with a larger venue,...

The same old Valentine’s Day dinners are sickening

There are only so many ways of spending your Valentine's Day meals

Makeup as personal empowerment?

Makeup: empowering or a 'waste' of time?

Booze cruise: Corpus Christi Beer Cellar

The Pelican and the Tortoise are iconic

Lacrosse Blues miss out on league title to Cambridge

The Women’s Blues were edged out by Cambridge in this title decider that also served as a Varsity warm-up.

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Whether Brandy Melville is selling clothes or unobtainable ideas doesn't matter, because they only come in one size

St John’s thrash Exeter in a JCR Prem goal fest

Plenty of goals were scored in the Monday afternoon clash

A long way home

Living 10,000 miles away can be both a blessing and a curse

Cambridge edge out netball Blues

Despite the loss, there were plenty of positives for the Dark Blues to take away with them

Only two black finalists awarded firsts in 2017

Black people and women achieved a lower percentage of firsts than their white, male counterparts.

Fashion in 280 characters or fewer

Fashion has found a new, but questionable form of communication

Recipe Corner: student kitchens

Despite their size, student kitchens can develop valuable culinary skills

Why does Marc Jacobs keep messing up?

The highs and lows of Marc Jacobs: the man and the monster he has created.

The Renaissance

Cherwell Fashion reflects upon the artistic reach of the Renaissance in modern fashion.

Amadeus review – ‘Salieri cackles in a high-backed chair like a Bond villain’

Tom Graus praises a theatrical spectacle containing a masterclass in stage performance

Reimagining the Ordinary

  This week, Amber Sidney- Woollett explores the work environment by restructuring dark space, whilst Georgia Heneage uses expressive brush strokes and texture to add...

2017: The year of Jack Antonoff

Few producers expose the emotions of female artists like the man who has come to define pop

Restaurant Review: Happy Friday Kitchen

It's worth the journey into Cowley for this vegan comfort food

Parliament Square – ‘an assemblage of half-formed thoughts’

The Bush Theatre’s production of James Fritz’s new play fails to live up to its full potential, writes John Livesey

Makeover Montage

Why are we still in love with the makeover montage despite its flaws? Shamika Tamhane gets beneath the surface

Quad Goals

William Hosie pays tribute to Oxford's unsung style squads

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