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Nailed it! The evolution of nail art at our fingertips.

Nail art has truly taken the world by storm. With over 233 million people sharing their designs with #nails on Instagram, it is clear that this is not just...

Rags to riches: unravelling the stitched up class divide in fashion

Fashion trends come and go as quickly as the seasons change, but is the...

Self-Portrait of a Stranger: A Review of Frank Auerbach’s Charcoal Portraits

The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition, The Charcoal Heads, shows the early career of Frank Auerbach...

The Oxford Revue: A Room with Revue

'a simple and clever production which ranks as one of the most enjoyable shows I've seen all year'

Mistakes and Markers of Time

"It's very easy to criticise and cringe at old pictures of yourself, wondering how your mum ever let you leave the house in your most treasured white ripped ‘joni jeans’"

Cherworld: Keyboard war, what is it good for?

Are students wasting their time changing profile pictures when they should be changing the world?

Il faut souffrir pour être belle

Alice Baldock discusses the pressures of public perception of modern-day beauty

Space Odyssey

Our fantastical predictions for what the future holds

Ashmolean Live Friday: Heroes and Villains

Rachel Evans checks out the Heroes and Villains Live Friday event in the Ashmolean after hours.

La Dolce Vitae

Cherwell Fashion collaborates with Vitae London

Interview: William Adoasi

Ella Harding talks to William Adoasi, founder of Vitae London, about the concept behind his new watch company

New sea monster at Natural History Museum

Mark Barclay heads down to the Museum of Natural History to find out more about the museum's new exciting addition

RMF & Oxford React to Oriel’s Rhodes Decision

Cherwell gets Oxford's and RMF's reaction to Oriel's final decision.

Cherworld: Money talks at Oxford

After Oriel's donors kill off the RMF debate, we question the power donors wield over the University

The Rise of Realness

Alice Townson sees a change in the conventions of the modelling industry

Interview: Rosie Nelson

Kim Darrah talks to model and campaigner Rosie Nelson on her fight against fashion's skinny obsession

An Answer to RMF?

One man's proposed solution to the RMF debate

Ears the Deal, Episode 1

Phoebe Grant-Smith takes to the streets to see what the people of Oxford are listening to

Town and Gown Unite Against Council Cuts

Cherwell TV News Editor Hannah Foxton took to the streets to speak to the students and residents of Oxford protesting against the council's cuts to local services

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