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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...

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Cultural fashion at the Queen’s confluence dinner

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Common threads: Historical fashion and its lessons for our time

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Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

Food costs have been front and centre in newsreels as of recent months, whether...

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When the crystal ball was dusted off in January 2020, The Atlantic predicted that the next decade would “look very different from what most people expect.” Little did we know how true that statement would be.

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Lily Down traces depictions of the under-explored father/daughter relationship in film

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Styling by the book: Oxford’s secret fashion rules

Cultural fashion at the Queen’s confluence dinner

Common threads: Historical fashion and its lessons for our time

Food, fashion, and escapism in a cost of living crisis

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