Thursday 4th June 2026

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...

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.

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. 

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.

Bar Review: Lincoln

This week the Bar Review Team looks at this Turl Street treasure

What’s really going into your ball?

Tinting Stutter reveals the behind-the-scenes actions of a ball committee

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 5

Life is tough for this second year

The new revolution in body hair

Alannah Jones tackles societal norms around pubes

Bar Review: Christ Church

A disappointing evening is had at this college bar

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 4

Life is tough for this second year

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 4

This week, Ava deals with an embarrassing academic encounter

A beginner’s guide to foot fetishism

Rhiannon Gibbs-Harris meets an unusual BDSM practitioner.

The highest sights of Tamil Nadu

Ione Wells talks to a member of an endangered community

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 3

Life is tough for this second year.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 3

This week Ava Gina deals with an old taboo.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 2

This week, Ava Gina explores the perils of flirting.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 2

Life is tough for this second year

Making it through the wilderness of sex

Millie McCluskie debates whether virginity is just a construct

A fairytale childhood in New York

Clarissa May Jones returns to the 'City that never sleeps'

Oxford’s most-loved Japanese

Benjamin Berry kicks off Hilary with Edamame's Thursday sushi night

Bar Review: Wadham

This Bar reviewer is less than impressed by what Wadham has to offer

We need to change our views on BDSM

Rhiannon Gibbs-Harris meets a 'Little' who is in a 'Daddy' relationship

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 1

This week a combination of work and stress have left Ava with a bit of a dry spell

A tragic architectural regeneration

William Webb learns more than he anticipated about Le Havre

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