Culture

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests itself in Oxford’s sub fusc – mounting costs and pressure of tradition aside, it’s at...

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No-buy Trinity: A guide to buying less and creating more

For Oxford students, the start of Trinity marks not just the start of the...

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Cherubs Grow On Trees: Atmospheric student filmmaking

Making short films is hard. You have anything between two and 20 minutes to...

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Cheap cashmere in freezing February

Cashmere is a luxury fibre, warm in winter, sustainable, but you may have been...

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You WILL go to the ball

For this week's Fashion Challenge Roxie scours the high street for outfits that will please your purse and make you the belle of the ball!

Interview with a Lioness: Claire Rafferty

Aleks Klosok talks to Chelsea Ladies' left-back, Claire Rafferty, about the recently established Women's Super League and the upcoming England Women's world cup warm-up game against Sweden.

The Unseen University – 1. The Radcliffe Observatory

Barnaby Fry presents the first in our series exposing some of Oxford's lesser known architecture and interiors at Green Templeton College's Radcliffe Observatory

Cherworld – Trinity Week 2

Robin McGhee and Beth McKernan discuss the university's admission of Hashemi Rafsanjani and examine the moral implications of accepting funds or students from controversial sources.

How To… The Smoky Eye

In the first instalment of Cherwell Fashion's How To... guides, Amy seeks advice from make-up artist Lauren Crichton in order to perfect this key look

May Day, May Day!

Cherwell's photo team document this year's May Day mayhem

Rory and Tim’s Friday Frolics

Cherwell presents a brand new sketch show from the critically underappreciated comedy duo Rory and Tim who, after considerable airbrushing, will woo you with their devilish good looks.

Breaking Legs – The Stage News Podcast Week 1

Stage editors Rebecca Tatlow and May Anderson present a taste of what's soon to come from Oxford's drama scene, including Beckett On A Boat and Call Of The Wild.

Extra Time – Week 1

Aleks Klosok discusses the 53rd Anniversary of the 1958 FA Cup Final and Indian Premier League Cricket as well as looking ahead to some of the big sporting events coming up in the next week

Should you vote for AV? NO

Helen Robb argues that the British public neither wants nor needs AV

We AV ad enough

Headline Superheroes Andrew and Tom take a satirical look at the Alternative Vote referendum.

San Francisco’s spanish silhouettes

Jen Glennon takes a look at the exhibition which honours the extraordinary work of designer, CristÃ³bal Balenciaga

Murder in the Cloisters! A lighter take on access.

As part of its access scheme, the University hosts a murder mystery residential for Key Stage 4 pupils from non-academic backgrounds. Cherwell takes a closer look.