Sunday 6th July 2025

Culture

Cultural Fashion at the Queen’s Confluence Dinner

Not often do I get to break out the Middle Eastern kaftan hanging idle in my wardrobe; it is simply too lavish for a two-course second sitting, yet not...

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...

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,...

Top five: Oxford faux-pas

Apart from coming from Merton of course.

Everyman

Oliver Moody has the fear of God put up him by a medieval verse morality play in a twilit chapel

Want sauce with that, love?

Katrina Kwan spends a night with Ahmed, indefatigable purveyor of Oxford’s finest and fastest food

Swot:Shop: Summer Shoes

Step into summer style in our pick of the best shoes...

Dine Hard: Magdalen Arms

Don't welcome it with open arms...

Right off the production line

Barney Norris discovers that the Cabinet is far from the only preserve of Old Oxonians

Local art for local people?

Modern Art Oxford's latest exhibition gives Beau Woodbury a different perspective on Rose Hill

Blind date: Week 5

Back to the punts- was Love flowing on the Isis?

Brideshead Regurgitated

Violet Hudson is less than impressed by Naomi Alerman's Oxford-themed latest offering

An Olympic Transformation

David Egan considers the effect of the Vancouver Olympics on Canada's national identity

Fit Finding

Cherwell seeks to witness Oxford's fitness first hand.

Interview: Duncan Quinn

The bespoke suitmaker talks to Chris Graham about spanking his Amex, motorcycle helmets and growing-up in the South of France

Interview: Mark Strong

Sophie Adelman gets to know Robin Hood star Mark Strong, the kindest villain around

Love in the libraries

Rory Fazan explores the possibilites of sex and love between the bookstacks

Interview: Roger Moore

Hector Keate talks UNICEF and that spy franchise with Britain's most expressive eyebrows

Hometown: Brighton, East Sussex

It's not all vegan food and hemp. But quite a bit of it is.

The real Big Issue

Nic Turner gets more perspective than he bargained for when talking to Big Issue sellers around Oxford

Dine Hard: Atomic Burger

Out of this world? Er... yes, actually.

Girls gone solo

Emily Hawes looks at whether, for female travellers, strength can only ever be found in numbers.

Top Five: Hangover cures

Uh-oh, done it again? Let us give you a helping hand...

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