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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.

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’.

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into...

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.

Caroline Rush on the British fashion industry

Rosie Gaunt interviews the Chief Executive of the British Fashion Council

Tumblr: Where aesthetics meets activism

Sam Joyce discusses the impact of social media on the modelling industry

CherwellTV: Wadstock 2015 – Music and Vibes

Cherwell investigates the music and fashion scene at this year's Wadstock festival

Here’s how to style your career in fashion

Niluka Kavanagh talks to Elle magazine’s Fashion Director, Anne-Marie-Curtis

CherwellTV: General Election – The Morning After

On the morning after the general election, Cherwell takes to the street to survey student reactions to a Tory government

Fashion Matters

Beth Davies-Kumadiro argues for new beauty ideals

Election interview: Sally Copley, Labour

Labour's candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon on immigration and THAT mug

Election interview: Nicola Blackwood, Conservatives

Luke Barratt speaks to the Conservative candidate for Oxford West and Abingdon, Nicola Blackwood, about, amongst other things, her decision to vote against same-sex marriage

Election interview: Layla Moran, Lib Dems

Luke Barratt speaks to Lib Dem Layla Moran, the Conservatives' main opponent in Oxford West and Abingdon, about tuition fees and a 'coalition of the left'

Framing May Day: Festival of Flowers

Cherwell Fashion drew inspiration from May Day's origins, a Festival of Flowers, for this editorial

You will go to the ball

Cherwell Fashion plays fairy godmother

Interview: Eudaimonia and culture with Vivienne Westwood

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull talks literature and art with Dame Vivienne Westwood

Should Designers Go Digital?

Alanna Collier-Cromwell asks whether e-commerce compromises the exclusivity of haute couture

Birdsong: Harmonising fashion and feminism

Summer Taylor interviews Sophie Slater, co-founder of the ethical fashion marketplace, Birdsong

Shark Tales S5E3

In this season's third instalment, Shark Tales wants your best jokes, life priorities, and thoughts on post-modernism.

In support of subfusc

Rebecca Borthwick makes her case for keeping subfusc and shares her subfusc inspired high-street picks

Video: The Lightweight Boat Races

Watch OULRC and OUWLRC race against the worse shade of blue at the Henley Boat Races

Madrid Streetstyle – Buen Retiro Park

Chiara Giovanni enjoys the sun and style in Buen Retiro park in Madrid whilst on her year abroad there

Fashion queens and royal scenes at Kensington Palace

Summer Taylor reviews royal couture at Kensington Palace’s Fashion Rules Exhibition

Where are the women at the top of Haute Couture?

Niluka Kavanagh bemoans the low number of female designers in Haute Couture

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