Monday 15th September 2025

Lifestyle

My journey with British identity

I was gently raised with the idea that Britain was fair and decent, a country that meant something good. This was likely shaped by growing up in Devon, somewhere...

Performative perfection and the reality behind the Instagram post

It’s a beautiful Sunday morning, and I’m scrolling through Instagram. One of my resolutions...

The girl who lived

Like Harry Potter under the stairs, I was ‘the one who lived’. A rainbow...

The art of snacking in an ingredient household

There’s something quite liminal about being a student. One minute you’re running around a...

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

Creaming Spires – 6th week Trinity

Ophelia treks for sex

Houmous Girl – 6th week Trinity

A garlic-flavoured despair settles across Oxford

Living Internationally: Thoughts of a second-year linguist

Erin Goldfinch looks ahead to a year abroad of dubious accommodation, rugby and potential self-discovery

Country Diary: Shotover

'Places are not the same by night. They are transformed. Shapes and forms take on different sizes, colours and shades. Perspective becomes blurred, sounds sharper'

Country Diary: The Water Meadow

“Under no circumstances should any students enter the Deer park. We will treat this extremely seriously”

Country Diary: Fiddler’s Island

'There’s a wonderful feeling of freedom that comes from being in the water, especially here where it is deep enough to kick your legs out without touching river-bed'

Country Diary: Wytham Woods

'In such a forest there is of course much more than visual pleasure; there’s the sound of wind bending and creaking age-old timber, or the whiff of damp leaves, the smell of air, damp, imbued with life.'

Country Diary: Port Meadow

'Port Meadow is steeped in myth; it’s the unploughed landscape, the land earned from resisting the Danes, a sacred spot where the Freemen graze their cattle'

Houmous Girl – 5th week Trinity

Rower Lad's date with Houmous Girl gets slightly off track...

Balling: The best route to quick cash

Cherwell Lifestyle looks at the highs and lows of working at Keble's night of Russia-themed decadence

Creaming Spires – 5th week Trinity

Ophelia Balls gets over-familiar with a friend

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