Saturday 7th June 2025

Culture

Common threads: Historical fashion and its lessons for our time

When we think of historical fashion, images of towering wigs, tight-laced corsets, heavy brocades and voluminous skirts often spring to mind – ornate, impractical, and rooted firmly in the unenlightened...

Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether...

Oxford Fashion Gala’s ‘Metamorphosis’ reflects the beauty of change

The Oxford Fashion Gala was back and bigger than ever, with a larger venue,...

Tailoring expectations: Couture culture shocks

Academia has a historic relationship with fashion, both officially and unofficially. The former manifests...

That 70’s Style…

Cherwell Fashion takes a look at the ultimate trend this Spring: retro 70's style.

DIY Fashion

Our Fashion team gets creative with some basics and shows how style on a budget doesn't have to be boring!

Come Dine With Oxford Episode 2

Five Oxford students compete to outdo each other with their culinary elan and hospitality

Cherworld Week 6

Robin and Beth return to take on the University's bursaries for private school-educated students

The Podd Couple Week 6

Ben and Matt put Black Swan under the knife alongside 127 Hours and Tangled

Thought for Week 6: Days of Rage

Tunisia and Egypt are in revolt. Why do we care?

Cherworld: Week 5

Cherwell's take on the recent attacks on the automatic MA

Raoul’s Recipes 4: The Mai Tai

Jack guides us through making the famous exotic cocktail

Come Dine With Oxford Episode 1 – Part 2

The dramatic conclusion to the first episode of Cherwell's new lifestyle show

Interview: Fyfe Dangerfield

Cherwell sits down to chat with the Guillemots frontman.

Come Dine With Oxford Episode 1 – Part 1

The pilot episode of Cherwell's much-anticipated new flagship production

Shark Tales Episode 2

Barnaby Fry explores Oxford's nightlife

Aaron Porter on Graduate Taxes and the Tuition Fee

Robin Max McGhee interviews the NUS president about his preference for graduate taxes over tuition fees.

Raoul’s Recipes 3: The Tom Collins

Jack from Raoul's guides us through making a Tom Collins cocktail

God, silence and plant porn

Cherwell talks to conceptual artist-cum-philosopher Jonathon Keats about life, the universe and everything

Not your average park and bark

Chris Graham chases down Oxford’s leading opera company

Curtains Up: The Red and The Black

Cherwell previews a new adaptation of Stendhal's novel.

Raoul’s Recipes 2: The Mojito

Jack guides us through making the perfect Mojito Cocktail

Street Style: The Oxford Way

Cherwell Fashion take to the streets of Oxford to find the city's most stylishly dressed

Review: Stop Making Sense

Alistair Smout revisits the iconic Talking Heads concert movie

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