Thursday 18th September 2025

Culture

Styling by the book: Oxford’s secret fashion rules

It often feels as if the so-called ‘Oxford bubble’ is full of binaries: commoners and scholars, undergraduate and postgraduate, town and gown. These dualities are neatly emblematised through the...

Cultural fashion at the Queen’s confluence dinner

Not often do I get to break out the Middle Eastern kaftan hanging idle...

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...

A year abroad: Damascus

Arabic student Emily Danby discovers a complicated fusion of Eastern and Western cultures

Teaching in the wilderness

Howard Amos learns the hard way as he spends the summer at a psycho-neurological orphanage in Russia

The big question: Is the Oxford experience worth it?

This week's Lifestyle question is one we've all asked ourselves at some point

OUSU elections podcast

Cherwell asks students who they're voting for in the upcoming OUSU elections.

News Roundup: 5th week

Comment and insight into the week's top stories from the Cherwell newsroom.

Join The Debate: Should sex education be compulsory for children in schools?

Would the government be right to force children to learn about sex from a younger age?

Fashion Forward

Antonia Tam and Emma-Lucy Pinchbeck take a look at what's hot and what's hideous.

Getting To Know: The Wychwood Warriors

Cherwell's Ling Low meets Oxford's very own battle re-enactment society.

The big question: Is smoking cool?

In this week's Lifestyle debate, we tackle a (literally) burning issue

Does he look happy?

Cherwell finds itself on the receiving end of a deadpan Stewert Lee.

Interview: Little Boots

Rebecca Treece talks to rising star Little Boots about her electro-pop universe

A Year Abroad: Senegal

Life in Senegal whilst teaching at the British Council

Join The Debate: Can student activism really change the world?

Just how effective are student protests?

Alcoholics Ubiquitous?

Is the glass of student drinking culture half-full or half-empty?

Interview: Rich Fulcher

Theo Brainin dials his way down the rabbit hole with the Mighty Boosh's only American import

Spooked by TV?

Spooks creator Stephen Garrett tells Sarah Ventress what life is like at the heart of the broadcasting industry

Eye Candy: Student Fashion

Fashion Blog MT09: The best fashion from all over Oxford.

News Roundup: 3rd week

Comment and insight on the week's top stories from the Cherwell newsroom.

Interview: Shere Hite

The controversial sexologist on gender equality

Centre Stage: Barnaby Rudge

Henry Clarke Price talks to the creators of the new stage adaptation of Dickens' novel.

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