Monday 25th May 2026

Culture

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.

Greening the Met Gala through Oxford fashion

With Anna Wintour trotting around New York and cosying up with Lauren Sanchez Bezos,...

Set to bloom: The return of the floral print

“Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” So speaks the withering sarcasm of Miranda Priestly in The...

Volunteer value

Anne Irfan takes a look at the worth of the increasingly ‘fashionable’ cult of student charity work abroad

Interview: John Barrowman

Freyja Cox Jensen talks to the arrogant yet very fit star of Torchwood

I love charity

If a Big Issue looks good I’ll download it

When art meets advertising

Michael Bennett crosses the boundary between art and advertising.

Living on the edge of a paper model

Bored of revision? Try origami.

All that glitters

The ball season has arrived, the nights are alive with music and

Crease and quiet

Bored with revision? Turn your textbooks into butterflies.

Hi, I’m a human

Not pleasing everyone is a failure I will embrace.

A load of balls

Sheena Sodha goes backstage to take a look at what it takes to make each and every ball a success.

Beyond the void

Kate Shouesmith talks to Simon Yates about ordeal, recklessness and inspiration.

The jackboot look is IN!

Here’s my idea. Tomorrow we form a party, and campaign to legalise all child porn.

Interview: Stephen Poliakoff

Isabel Sutton tries her best to ask TV’s revered playwright some tough questions.

Piece of cake

Chris Baraniuk explores the magic of the Covered Market's Cake Shop.

Beware the surfer stasi

Internet culture is facing a huge threat, says Ben Williams.

A castle in the air

Roberta Klimt feels the enduring appeal of the fairy-tale.  

Happily Ever After…

Dig out your fairy tales and dressing up boxes and let your imagination run wild with silks, sequins and props fit for a princess to make your loveliest dreams come true.

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I’m not in favour of the freedom to drive cars into skipping schoolkids.

May-be not

Guy Pewsey on why the first of May is not a cause for celebration.

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