Wednesday 17th June 2026

Culture

Room on the pitch: Football fans and feminine fashion

With the FIFA World Cup 2026 having just begun, I’m reminded of a question a friend once asked the group chat: “If I buy a Lionesses shirt, do you guys think I’ll be called a pick-me?”

Colour and codification: Eleanor Medhurst on queer fashion

"There’s a lot of symbolism within queer fashion: ways to speak with our appearance when it hasn’t always been safe or possible to share our identities out loud."

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.

Festive flicks: the best films to watch at Christmas

Get into the Christmas spirit with a .. Harry Potter marathon

exhibit (a): The Art of Dressing

Cherwell Fashion indulges its love affair with art

Branding Matters

What does it take to make a strong brand? Apparently not the same as it did five years ago. Georgia Watkins analyses the shift in branding strategies and the rise and fall of the logo.

Oxford flies Suffragette flag marking centenary of women’s vote

The banner is a reproduction of an original flown by the Oxford Women's Suffrage Society

“After three hours in an Omniplex I am, at least, still alive” – livestreaming from theatre to cinema

Dorothy McDowell sees potential in livestreaming theatre, but it still fails to reach a mainstream audience

Chanel Métiers d’Art: the star-spangled update Lagerfeld needed

Chanel's latest show sees Karl break out of the comfort zone in unapologetic extravagance.

From Deontay to Divock: a ‘Super Sunday’ done right

'Why can't all 'Super Sundays' start on a Saturday night?'

Fast fashion means a slow death for the planet this Christmas

Kat Cooper explores the true environmental cost of high-street fashion

Saïd announce “sustainable” re-development

The £60 million expansion will aim to provide sustainable high-class accommodation

Women’s Varsity three decades on

A reflection on the inter-generational significance of tomorrow's game

Restaurant Review: Zheng

This Chinese-Malaysian in Jericho didn't live up to expectations

How Charlie Chaplin lost his voice

The rise and fall of the filmmaker and his silent medium

Blues take Major Stanley win

Oxford University’s Rugby Blues beat Cardiff RFC 27-5

The power of silence: the art of Marina Abramović

Much of Abramović's work uses silence and ritualization to suspend all meaning of time

‘Beneath the music from a farther room’

This potential for interaction between artist and audience is a phenomenon of the modern era

The Witching Hour

A séance themed photo shoot

How to beat the fifth week blues

Brownies, smoothies and good-old chicken nuggets: this is your guide

Bad blood with slogan t-shirts

The words written on our clothes matter, and it's time to be a little more accurate, says Rebecca Gregory

Just Love: A stand against unethical fashion

Unethical fashion is still a huge problem within the fashion industry; the society Just Love decides to take a stand

A Guide to Black Tie (sort of)

Let us remember the slip-ups, the expense, the rules, and all that we love about wearing black tie

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