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Review: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Burton’s famous gift for mixing the dark and eerie with the fun and satirical shines through once again.

Charity shop pirates: Is second-hand shopping as sustainable as we think?

We're applying a more-is-more attitude to what ought to be a sustainable resource.

Autumn à la mode

Fake fur and feathers, textured knits and tweeds, boots, black tights, and billowing coats: behold the autumn wardrobe in all its cosiness.

The office siren doesn’t exist

What did you want to be when you grew up? An astronaut maybe, or...

Screening the Regency: An exploration of historical costume design

The recent release of the first part of hit Netflix show Bridgerton’s third season...

Gay enough?

Kate Asquith discusses style and the self with queer women

A Beginner’s Guide to… I Said Yes

Daniel Curtis talks I Said Yes

How to start a fashion label

Hannah Behrens lists top tips for starting a fashion label according to the entrepreneur and fashion designer Cecile Reinaud

Day Festival

This week Cherwell takes to Wadham's gardens in anticipation of upcoming summer events.

OUSU sets out to help Oxford go green

The incredible edible project aims to place planting containers in which fruit and vegetables have been growing for a number of weeks in the foyer...

A Guide for getting the Ball rolling

“It's going to be a white presentation of these places they're trying to represent, full of stereotypes, which is erasing and gross." This was...

Dissident philosopher protests outside Balliol

Julius Tomin, a well-known Czech political philosopher and classical scholar, protested today for the third day on Broad Street, claiming that Oxford academics were...

A beginner’s guide to… The Mechanisms

The Mechanisms are utterly unique. Each of their albums feature sci-fi re-imaginings of classic folklore, from Grimm’s fairy tales to Arthurian myth, perfectly capturing...

JCRs in favour of NUS referendum

Numerous JCRs have mandated their OUSU reps to vote for the NUS referendum motion being discussed at OUSU Council tonight

Interview: Hannah Sykes and Daniel Pascal Tanner at the Oxford Fashion Week

Jordan Greenwood chats with the designers Hannah Sykes and Daniel Pascal Tanner about their collections at the latest Oxford Fashion Week

Nordic Blues

This week Cherwell travels to Finland to capture the essence of Nordic simplicity

Interview: Emmakaisa Soisalo on Nordic fashion

Aini Putkonen interviews Emmakaisa Soisalo from Marimekko to figure out what Nordic fashion is really about

Interview: Emmakaisa Soisalo on Nordic fashion

  Aini Putkonen interviews Emmakaisa Soisalo from Marimekko to gure out what NWordic fashion is really about when thinking about Finnish fashion, un- doubtedly, Marimekko...

Obituary: Prince 1958-2016

Daniel Curtis pays tribute to the pop icon who died today (Thursday April 21)

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