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Being loved in a loveless environment
Ava Doherty reflects on university friendships – and laments how it can often feel like a loveless environment
Lifestyle
Ava Doherty
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A homely solution to stress
Sometimes the strangest methods are the most effective.
Lifestyle
Morien Robertson
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Ssh…here’s the debrief on gossip.
Gossip – does it have redeemable qualities, or is it simply inexcusable? Amy Lawson discusses.
Lifestyle
Amy Lawson
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Zero social anxiety?
Tiktok is helping us see what it might be like to have no social anxiety. But is complete disinhibition something we should all aspire to?
Lifestyle
Ben O'Brien
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Cocktails with Cai
Give your year the perfect start with the famous gin-based Aviation
Bar Review: St Peter’s
Known as the best college bar in Oxford, will the Cross Keys live up to expectation?
Review: Branca
Ibaad Alvi enjoys the chic Walton Street restaurant, especially the wonderfully named manager
The melting pot of the Middle-East
Zena Agha went to explore the 'seven circles' of the Jordanian city of Amman
Review: MTV’s Snack-Off
A new TV show about junk food is exactly what food TV needs.
Down it fresher!
Niluka gives you a whistle-stop tour of Oxford's finest spots for a drink or two
My hair-raising challenge
Sairah Rees, charities rep at St Anne's, explains why she's shaving her hair off for charity
Prisoner in the Caucasus: Turkey, Georgia and Armenia
Naomi Polonsky recounts how a drunken joke became an unforgettable trip
The delights of being a Buda-guest
Morgan Harries discovers the delights of Budapest and kindly requests that everyone else leaves it well alone.
Cleaning bins at Reading: An Education
Reading old-timer Kyran Schmidt shares some interesting titbits picked up on the ground...
From Paris with love and an overdraft
A guide on how-not-to-do romantic Paris. Contains some handy tips on what to do if you're destitute and happy to be pretentious.
10 things that happen in your first week at Oxford
Here's one for all the freshers out there. I bet a bag of Tesco's cookies that you'll experience at least three of these
Oxford in World War I
On the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI, Luke Barratt looks at how the war affected Oxford and the University
Italian Job: A holiday in Florence
Emma Cookson looks back on her trip to Florence with slightly straining buttons and various food-stained shirts.
From Bridge to Berghain
Sara Semic looks back on her short trip to Amsterdam and Berlin with fondness, and faulty ear drums
Glastonbury: A Virgin’s Tale
Emma Cookson reviews her first time at Glastonbury. A tale of chanting, pink hair and very little musical content.
Houmous Girl: 8th week Trinity
There is hope on the horizon for Rower Lad...
Interview: Lucy Watson
Made in Chelsea's Lucy Watson talks to Erin Goldfinch about life in front of the cameras... with your exes
Creaming Spires: 8th week Trinity
Ophelia Balls makes the most of the last crewdate of term
Athens: souvlaki and political graffiti
Theo Louloudis reflects on time spent at the in one of Europe’s most troubled countries on her year abroad
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