Monday 19th January 2026

Culture

Breaking free from the Pinterest board

Over the Christmas vac I was lucky enough to attend an exhibition on one of my favourite designers, Vivienne Westwood, at the National Gallery of Victoria.

In defence of the theatrical release

If film, like all art, nourishes itself on its own œuvre, I don’t think we can afford to sever the association between the cinema and the film.

Falling out of Louvre

In spite of recent events, the expected heightened security was nowhere evident.

Fashion around Oxford – Joe Osei

Joe Osei, budding stylist and general fashion icon, shares his style secrets and where...

Does work make you happy?

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work' is an intriguing but incomplete exhibition, says Violet Hudson

Interview: Edwina Currie

Edwina Currie talks threesomes, feminism and Major's intellectual shortcomings with Theo Merz

Interview: Givenchy

Agnes Meath Baker discovers it is better to Give-nchy than to recieve

Hometown: Norwich, Norfolk

In Norwich, no one can hear you scream.

Let’s all steal a bike

Chris Graham finds out the only thing in Oxford easier than reading geography is stealing a bicycle.

Top five: Ways to celebrate finals

We're being a little more creative than Kukui/Park End/Bridge/Wahoo.

Cherwell: Join Us

Have you got what it takes? 99.99% need not apply.

Oxford Summer VIIIs

It would take more than rain to call off Summer VIIIs. Proof:

Finally! When exams finish…

Did it all kick off at the English trashings? We find out to a generic rock soundtrack.

A summer of literary love

From boho cool to country house calm, Violet Hudson rounds up this summer’s best literary festivals

LOL? I nearly ROFLed

Exploring the oft neglected world of Oxford comedy

Has Clive Got News For You

Benjamin Kirby sees self-deprecation behind the dry wit of one of Britain’s greatest comics.

Hometown: Cambridge

It was inevitable that the 'other' university would get a look in soon.

The few and the Ger-many

Matthew Alagiah investigates the relatively recent phenomenon of ‘Hausprojekte’, the communal living spaces which have become a real feature of the cityscape.

An afternoon in the altogether

A trip to Cambridge, a trip to a life drawing class, a small amount of casual nudity

Top Five: First date blunders

As if Cherwell didn't do enough for the socially impaired...

Dine Hard: Arbat

A rather overpriced and calorific experience.

Blind Date: Week 6

You know how it works... and it seems like this time, it actually worked.

The Alternotive Perspective

Singing, speaking, but mainly thrusting from the mixed acapella group 'The Alternotives'

How to do sub-fusc in style

Cherwell asks Hadley: Can you ever sex up sub-fusc?

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