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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 and the creation of his portraits in the 1950s and 1960s. As a young Jewish...

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’"

The Oxford Fashion Gala is Back!

"After an incredible sold-out 2023 show, The Oxford Fashion Gala is back for 2024, so get the date in your diary (W3 TT24!)"

The Holy Trinity of women’s leg wear this summer

"In a moment of divine inspiration, I googled this years predicted fashion trends before I hit the January sales, in the hope that this year my outfits might be both cheap and trendy."

Pleased to Eat You

Charley Samuelson shows you how to cook quick and tasty meals on a student budget.

Shark Tales S5E1

New presenter Bex Watson has some strange encounters outside Park End

OUSU protests Castle Mill redevelopment plans

Outside the debate taking place in the Sheldonian, students have gathered to protest a motion calling for the removal of the top floor of student accommodation due to its environmental impact upon Port Meadow.

Ashmolean Live Friday: Angels and Demons

Cherwell TV went along to the Ashmolean's latest Live Friday event, inspired by the poetry and art of William Blake

The Dapper Side of Denim

Cherwell Fashion Shoot HT14, Issue 5

Some fashions don’t fade fast enough

Rosie Gaunt shares her fashion don'ts, and gets other members of the fashion team to name theirs

Vexing St Valentine

Lucia Craft-Marquez on fashion's take on love

The first Street Style blog

Elif Acar rediscovers Edward Linley Sambourne’s work

Jeremy Scott’s Superbowl

Elif Acar comments on Katy Perry’s 12 and four

One Art Work, Five Canvases and Makeup

Tallulah Le Merle discusses the history and artistic processes of this week’s makeup shoot

The original Calendar Girls: more WOAH than WI

Rosie Gaunt finds the Pirelli Calendar exhibition in Milan to be food for thought

Students and activists protest Marine Le Pen

Activists from UAF joined students at the Oxford Union protesting against the leader of the French party Front National

Shark Tales S4E7

In a week of firsts and lasts, Shark Tales ventures to Cellar and we say goodbye to Freddie.

Cherwell TV visits the Liquid Deli

Cherwell TV visited one of Oxford's most unique and unusual shops, Demi John, on Little Clarendon Street.

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