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The art of reaching out to old friends

Coming to university, I realised that the stable, effortless reliability of my friends from home was, all of a sudden, precarious and difficult to maintain.

The only thing missing from this bean was chocolate

If there were a smell I could capture, bottle up, and treasure forever, it would be the toasty and heartening smell of cacao roasting in the morning.

Hidden in plain sight: the bakery behind Oxford’s café counters

You may not know the name, but you have almost certainly eaten the pastry. Does the bakery behind Oxford’s favourite cafés hold its own at the counter?

Why are we so afraid of being bored?

We’ve come to think of boredom as an inevitable but unpleasant gap between activities, or as space to fill, but we’ve stopped seeing that space as worthwhile in itself.

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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