Lifestyle

Measuring out life with coffee spoons: Inside the Oxford death café

“Jaffa cake?” These are the first words I hear upon stepping into Oxford’s Death Café. We’re in the Old Fire Station on George Street, a venue for all kinds...

Lifestyle Jennifer Zhou -

An archaeological future: Distorted legacies

The ache to remember and be remembered is one of the most important things that makes humankind human, and this hasn’t changed across the sweeping expanse of time.

Lifestyle Abigail Christie -

A mini-guide to the Italian restaurants of Oxford

The Cherwell Lifestyle team decided to combine our forces and put together a mini-guide to the Italian restaurants to suit all of your needs.

Lifestyle Cherwell Lifestyle Team -

Actually, Trinifree is a state of mind

Experiencing Trinifree with a proper “Trinittude” (Trinifree-attitude) means the chance to do things I would have considered unfathomable during the past two terms, like take a nap in the afternoon or resolve to never pull an all-nighter in order to finish an essay.

Lifestyle Natalie Tan -

A love letter to The Gardener’s Arms

Daniel Curtis uncovers a hidden vegetarian paradise

Food diary: confessions of an Oxford food blogger

Naomi Bradshaw reveals Oxford’s finest gluten-free restaurants that will leave you hungry for more

Review: Dosa Park

Susie Finlay finds great Indian cooking in a surprising location

Cocktail of the week: Oxford blue

Sam Purnell dedicates a cocktail to Oxford’s athletes

Cherwell Food & Drink Awards HT17

Sam Purnell presents the winners of Oxford’s definitive food survey

Couch to 5K

Emma Leech’s app-etite for fitness improves with an affinity for electronic instruction

Life Divided: Kebab vans

Matthew Palmer and Stephen Hawes discuss the attraction and aversion to Oxford’s kebab vans

My secondary school was a vibrant patchwork of people and cultures

Heather Cant discusses the importance of social diversity in secondary schools

Letter from abroad: Jordan

A student in Jordan speaks to men about sexual violence in Amman

Food diary: in search of pasteis de nata

Pauline Chatelan discovers the latest foodie obsession

Blind Date: Charlie and Adam

Charlie and Adam discuss battling snakes in Tasmania over gallantly bought drinks

Letter from abroad: Spain and France

Caitlin McLoughlin shares how the year abroad is not just about the food and fiestas.

Hungry for Ho fun

Cherwell Food and Drink searches Oxford to find the perfect noodle

A thistle amongst the roses: to be a lone Scot in Oxford

Emma Leech questions the motives behind setting up national societies

Mindfulness through a camera lens

Sophie Cheng uses photography to focus her perspective on life

Life Divided: crewdates

Jamie Onslow and Nicola Dwornik share differing perspectives on crewdates

Blind Date: Rosie and Tom

Tom and Rosie discuss classical music and Persian history over a drink in Turf Tavern

Cocktail of the week: negroni sbagliato

Julia Alsop shares an indulgent aperitif

Life Divided: bops

Eloise Heath and Charles Pidgeon provide contrasting literary criticisms of bops

Recipe: caprese mac and cheese

Sam Purnell puts an Italian twist on an American classic

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