Lifestyle

Why you shouldn’t finish your reading list

On being accepted into Oxford, everyone warned me about the reading lists. “You’ll be reading eight hours a day,” they said. At the time, it sounded almost romantic.

Lifestyle Anisha Mohammed -

Kilts, Ceilidhs and Calling: Inside the World of Oxford Reeling

It's Thursday night in New College's Long Room, and several dozen students are desperately trying to master The Plough Speed, which, for the uninitiated, is a mind boggling routine of side-steps, spins and shuffles.

Lifestyle Nancy Robson -

Moving cities, keeping home

l've moved cities enough times to know that leaving is never just about packing boxes. After spending eighteen years in London, I found myself applying to a number of different cities, including Oxford, for university.

Lifestyle Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The dating bio’s obsession with Oxford

As Michaelmas drew to a close, a dramatic conversation about Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, finding his partner on a dating app prompted my friend and I to try a dating app for the first time in the UK.

Lifestyle Manya Singh -

Making love fun

One contributor considers whether relationships actually are worth the drama in the Oxford bubble

All alone in India

What to expect when you do an internship abroad: the highs, the lows and the cockroaches

Brasserie Blanc: sweet and swank

Celebrate surviving another term at this chic French restaurant

Mental health first aid: the basics

Marco Narajos discusses first response training for mental health issues

How to…Escape Park End

Cherwell Life offers advice on all your most pressing Oxford problems

Diary of a…Student Journalist

Cherwell peers into the weekly lives of Oxford's most famous characters

Creaming Spires TT15 Week 7

This week we divert away from Grindr to hear about a messy club hookup

Why I Refrigerated My Poo

An anonymous contributor narrates their profitable fortnight on a clinical typhoid trial

Bar Review: Merton

The bar’s cheap, but easily beaten by any of the high street pubs

How to…Become a BNOC

Cherwell Life offers advice on all your most pressing Oxford problems

Oxford Odyssey: 30 colleges in one day

Francesca Anthony and Emily Cunningham narrate their Oxford mission

Diary of a… Blues Swimmer

Cherwell peers into the weekly lives of Oxford's most famous characters

Creaming Spires TT15 Week 6

This week, one guy describes the pleasures of relinquishing control

Will’s Deli is deli-cious!

Laura Field enjoys finding the light in this shadowy hippie haven

Recipe of the week: Spicy Menemen

Jonny Lawrence teaches us how to make sp-egg-tacular Turkish scramble

Confessions of a student chef: Charlie La Fosse

We all scream for this week's student chef's ice cream

Ready, Steady, Cook! Tesco Finest Paella

James Coppin bought a paella and ate it and it was good

Mindfulness: more than just meditation

Marco Narajos discusses the benefits and universality of mindfulness

How to…Deal With Bad Student Drama

Cherwell Life offers advice on all your most pressing Oxford problems

Diary of a…Drinking Society President

Cherwell peers into the weekly lives of Oxford's most famous characters

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