Tuesday 16th 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 really, really blind date

Agnes Meath Baker goes 'Dating in the Dark', and gets a look at the shadier side of the singles' dating world

A date with David

The BBC comic discusses self-loathing, kissing and The Two Ronnies with Olivia Williams

Carl Barat and friends at the Union

"I would've preferred to be confronted by National Socialism than complete apathy and that's what we were faced by."

The Oxford Gargoyles

Acapella the Oxford way: "Being in the Gargoyles is definitely not like being in Glee club".

Eye Candy: Oxford Students Do Summer Vintage

Check out some of the summer styles to hit the high street in the sun...

Read all about it

At least Izzy Boggild-Jones was at the Oxford Literary Festival, even if you weren't

Eye Candy: 5 Of The Best Playsuits.

Play with a trend that suits you...

Dine Hard: Sojo

Cherwell follow in Giles Coren's foodie footsteps, will we agree?

Top 5: Veggie Restaurants

Sick of the same old rabbit food? Then check out our veggie finds...

Blind Date: Week 1

Spring has sprung, and love might have blossomed...

My Home Town: Bramhall, Cheshire

A paradise of niceness.

Making it Work

How do young academics build careers and sustain relationships?

Creaming Spires: Let’s Talk about Sex

A thinking man's exploration of bumping uglies

Sweet Home Chicago

Alistair Smout talks to the playwright about Obama, Motown and that Question Time appearance

The Boat Race

Riverside coverage of the 156th Boat Race

Scenic View: Malaysia

Perfect for culture junkies and nature lovers alike, says Joel Krupa.

Swot Shop: Belle Of The Ball

Help on how to rock the floor length gown from our own fairy godmother.

Thailand: away from the bloodshed, the patience.

Western commentators fail to see past superstition in condemning protest efforts as futile, says Kate Hodge in Bangkok.

Eye Candy: Come Dye With Me…

Make clothes to dye for out of old t-shirts, jumpers and jeans.

A funny thing happened on the way to the tattoo parlour

Chris Graham takes the pain out of getting a tattoo

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