Culture

Art as protest on university campuses

CW: rape. This week, Cornell University has made headlines as prosecutors reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a student at the Ivy League in 2024. The case is...

Art Lara Solie-Tuluie -

The legacy of the caricature

That the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the 2026 Academy Awards is going to be a serious tear-jerker was solidified by the passing of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry over two consecutive days.

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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?”

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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."

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Shark Tales: S4E04

As election hysteria grips Oxford, Freddie Money talks OUSU outside Park End for CherwellTV

OUSU Debate 2014

This week sees Oxford go to the polls for the OUSU elections. Cherwell has been talking to OUSU's Presidential candidates.

Oxford Fashion Week

Cherwell went to the Oxford Fashion Week Birds of Paradise Show, which took place in the Natural History Museum

Fashion Matters: The Corset

Niluka Kavanagh explores a time when beauty really did mean pain.

SUITCASE magazine packs a punch

Serena Guen, editor of the fashion and travel magazine, talks to Jack Davies about starting-up and UNICEF

RAG Firewalk

This week saw Oxford Raise and Give hold a sponsored firewalk in Bonn Square

Preview: His Dark Materials

Cherwell talks to the cast and crew of 'His Dark Materials'. The play will run from the 12th-15th November at the Keble O'Reilly

Feminism Conference

Esther Hodges reports on the recent Feminism in Theory and Action conference for CherwellTV

Anti-Israel protest at the Union

VIDEO: Cherwell were at the protest against the Israel diplomat Daniel Taub's appearance at the Oxford Union

Oxford Fashion Week Preview

Oxford Fashion Week returns for its sixth season

St. John’s Equality Week

Cherwell reported on a St. John's Equality Week Talk last week

The Coat Edit

With the weather starting to turn, it's certainly time to whip out those big coats. Have a look at how we've styled ours...

B/W

Who says monochrome is boring?

Shark Tales: S4E2

Shark Tales continues, as Freddie Money talks sex, cheese, and immigration outside Park End

Preview: The Pillowman

Cherwell talks to the cast and crew behind this term's production of 'The Pillowman'. The play will run from October 29th until November 1st at The Oxford Playhouse