Tuesday 16th June 2026

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?”

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."

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.

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.

Maids in Dagenham

Jenny Glennon talks women's rights and wrongs with Made in Dagenham's Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone

Two million feet and counting

The new Ashmolean is coming of age. Philippa Harris puts on her stethoscope for a healthcheck

In the Closet

Deeply superficial

Kate Nash, naffed off.

Georgia Lindsay talks to Kate Nash, a singer not afraid of a strong opinion and a swear word, or four.

Oxford ethics

Our gonzo philosopher answers the perpetual freshers' week question - To shark, or not to shark?

Intoxficated

Gin has the spirit this week

The beautiful game

Emily Hawes and Tom Wales follow the 'fall-safe pulling rules' of 'The Game', with some dubious successes.

Cherwell’s fresher glossary: part three

The unmissable final installment of Cherwell's guide to Oxford's need-to-know slang. Like the urban dictionary, but more useful.

Not your city

Reflections on a fruity summer cocktail of Starbucks, Subway journeys and strolls down Park Avenue

A passage through India

A look at travels through 'God's own country'

Review: Magnificent Maps at the Britsh Library

A diverse showcase of the British Library's map collection that illustrate their historical role as far more than just geographically intended.

Cherwell’s fresher glossary: part two

The unmissable second installment of Cherwell's guide to Oxford's need-to-know slang. Like the urban dictionary, but more useful.

In the Closet: A fresher introduction

Cherwell's most dapper dresser offers some fashion advice for Oxford's male freshers.

Cherwell’s fresher glossary: part one

A handy guide for the uninitiated - with some of the things we wish we'd known as fresh-faced Freshers.

All is not lost – A celebration of alternative music festivals

James Maloney explains why the the festival season is yet to begin for fans of 'alternative' music

Bali Babes ’10

An insight into a student experience in an infamous backpacking location.

Great exploitations: the internship debate

Are unpaid internships just free-labour opportunities?

Seventy-two hours in Syria

Politics, male culture and the World Cup

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