Friday 5th June 2026

Culture

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.

Greening the Met Gala through Oxford fashion

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

Dine Hard: The Royal Oak

A completely new menu, that's exactly the same.

A manifesto for: the mainstream

In the first of a new series, Helen Pye puts the case for pop

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.

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