Culture

Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 having just begun, I’m reminded of a question a friend once asked the group chat: “If I buy a Lionesses shirt, do you guys think I’ll be called a pick-me?”

Culture Emma Heagney -

Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

"There’s a lot of symbolism within queer fashion: ways to speak with our appearance when it hasn’t always been safe or possible to share our identities out loud."

Culture Cerys Bennison -

Glamour and gossip: Oxford Fashion Society’s ‘Women in Fashion’

Is there hope for young journalists in the midst of an unemployment crisis, funding cuts to arts-based degrees, and the unknowns of AI? Yes, Julia and Daisy think, but it is by far the hardest time to be a new fashion journalist.

Culture Emma Heagney and Amy Lawson -

Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

The fashion world is mourning the loss of John Galliano. Not a literal death, but something closer to a fall from grace.

Culture Victoria Corfield -

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.

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We are now accepting applications to all positions for Trinity Term 2016 — send us your applications by 8pm on Sunday 6th March

Fashion Team Profile: Inga

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

Fashion Team Profile: Sarah

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

Fashion Team Profile: Grace

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

Fashion Team Profile: Amy

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

Fashion Team Profile: Laura

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

Fashion Team Profile: Roxanne

Q & A with Cherwell's brand new fashion team!

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Adam Scott Taylor investigates the effect of the internet on charity work

Shark Tales Episode 4

In the last installment of Hilary, Barnaby takes a final trip to Park End in order to bring you another snapshot of Oxford's nightlife.

Everybody’s gone surfin’

Lizzy Greene investigates CouchSurfing, a completely new kind of online surfing

Dream of Cowley-fornication

Cherwell sexplores Oxford's underground world of sex shops, strip clubs and student screws

Schiff stops playing politics

Robin McGhee and Evie Deavall talk peace in the Middle East and letters from Hilary Clinton with Richard Schiff

Making Friends with Chaos

Xenia Elsaesser leads Cherwell through the ups and downs of starting a magazine in Bolivia

You’ve got to be tool to be kind

Agnes Arnold-Forster speaks to Dr. Sandra Scott about equality, integrity and Rick Edwards

Lady of Le Manoir

Alexandra Moss spends the day glazing and garnishing at Raymond Blanc's Michelin-starred restaurant

The absolute eBane of my life

Rebecca Holdsworth discovers the true cost and sleepless nights of an eBay addiction

Cherworld Week 7

Amazing Grace? Cherworld takes on one of Oxford's more controversial traditions

Thought for Week 8: Stephen Fry

In our last sermonising spiel of Hilary, Cherwell takes a look back at the undergraduate career of Stephen Fry

Raoul’s Recipes Episode 5: The Bloody Mary

Jack takes us through how to make a Bloody Mary

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