Saturday 21st February 2026

Culture

Techno, tragedy, and medieval monologuing: ‘Brew Hill’ in conversation

Pecadillo Productions’ ‘Brew Hill’ watches the deterioration of the romance between Nat (Trixie Smith) and Gordon (Jem Hunter).

Will 2026 finally kill the clean girl?

The clean girl has become ubiquitous throughout celebrity culture, magazines, and social media in recent years. Her brand prescribes a lifestyle, a kind of idealised minimalism.

Nostalgic and sincere: ‘The Glass Menagerie’ in review

Crazy Child Productions staged a genuine and thoughtful adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic.

Irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny: ‘My Dead Mum’s AI Boyfriend’

Aled is a chatbot, but also, more concerningly, Carrie’s mum’s AI boyfriend.

Warhol and the importance of social exchange

Mia Neafcy explores the notion of consumerism in American capitalist society

Culture is a prop used to please the privileged

Kir West-Hunter gives a personal insight into the effects of cultural appropriation within white-washed fashion and beauty industries

Music without Borders

Prateek Alkesh sings the praises of sufi music in Bollywood

Shed your prejudice and free the Croc

Chloe Dootson-Graube investigates the outdated stigma surrounding fashion’s worst nightmare

Blind Date: “It soon became apparent that we were quite different people”

George Dickinson and Laura Savage bond over politics, yoga, and disappointing ale

Why are we against fun in fashion?

Daisy Chandley explores the problems that surround the fashion industry’s recent disdain for the big, the bright, and the ugly

‘The Parisian’ is a barrier to progressive fashion

William Hosie criticises the conservative approach to fashion and politics in modern France

Don slams fivers’ grammar

Oxford academic criticises Bank of England for "efforts to dumb down" the English language

Inside Vogue with Alexandra Shulman

Megan Husain gets a tantalising glimpse into fashion history as the Vogue editor-in-chief discusses her new book, Inside Vogue: A Diary of My 100th Year

Fashion in Paris is moving in the right direction

Chloe Dootson-Graube takes a more optimistic view on the future of Parisian fashion

The fabric of fashion shapes the fabric of our society

Maninder Sachdeva discusses the impact of cultural diversity in the fashion world

Oxford pollution levels break health rules

Cancer-causing nitrogen dioxide levels break EU and WHO guidelines.

Doctor Who’s ‘Sonic Screwdriver’ included in Oxford Dictionary

The addition of the Doctor’s trademark gadget coincides with the premiere of the tenth season of the show

Animal Ethics Fellows for Oxford

The Centre’s Fellowship includes academics from various countries

Femininity, fashion and feminism

Chloe Dootson-Graube examines the role gender plays in the couture houses.

Facing the difficulties of going ‘au naturel’

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith examines our fascination with 'natural beauty' and its destructive effects

Lazy make-up-beauty tips every busy girl needs to know

Beth Brand shares tips and tricks for doing your make-up in half the time

Decoding Fashion and Politics

Miriam Nemmaoui looks at the uneasy coexistence of fashion and politics

The ageing face of fashion

Francesca Salisbury says it’s time for the fashion industry to grow up

The face of spring – this season’s big beauty trends

Cherwell's new Beauty Correspondent Beth Brand talks us through this seasons best beauty trends from the SS17 runways

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