Wednesday 29th October 2025

Lifestyle

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not worth my time. I doubt most people will even make it to the end of...

The erotic life of the mind

At Oxford, desire often wears a gown. It speaks in footnotes, engages in debates...

Oxford, gone decaf

When I was having lunch with a friend, I ordered my usual, a double...

How to survive Oxford

Welcome to Oxford, the place where ambition goes to drink, cry, and write 3,000 words on “liminality” at 3 a.m.

New York: Swapping Revision for the Upper East Side

Naomi Polonsky leaves French and Russian for Frank Lloyd Wright and ruthless real estate

Houmous Girl – 1st week Trinity

Some familiar Oxford characters react to news of a sinkhole in town...

Copenhagen: an unorthodox tour

Emma Cookson is impressed by the lesser known attractions of the Danish capital

New Term, New You

Some guidelines for Trinity 2k14 that will make you a better, smarter, nicer person

Zurich and Vaduz: A foray into last-minute travel

Natalie Stumpf tells us how to cure the travel bug with the help of One Direction

A Mother’s Day survival guide

Sara Semic takes you through the ins and outs of the 'mother' of all Sundays

Paris: A view from the backstreets

Jessica Parker Humphreys provides a guide to the more alternative side of Paris

Freddy the Fresher: 7th Week Hilary

Freddy struggles to make ends meet as the end of term approaches

Creaming Spires: 6th Week Hilary

Ava Gina experiences the worst kind of come-down

Cherwell Culture Tries… Sushi

Matt Broomfield bites off more octopus testicles than he can chew

Freddy the Fresher – 6th week Hilary

Freddy forays into far-left activism

Interview: Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero

Victoria Lampard and Max Long talk to The Room's Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero

Creaming Spires: 5th Week Hilary

Ava Gina questions how much really need to know about your recent pull

Freddy the Fresher: 5th Week Hilary

Freddy basks in the glory of his new-found fame

"So, could Jesus come back as a woman?"

Last week's Text-a-Toastie gets Liz English thinking beyond Cherwell, work and Park End

Interview: MJ Delaney

Erin Goldfinch talks to rising director MJ Delaney about her break into film making

Creaming Spires: 4th Week Hilary

Ava Gina considers the benefits of 'flicking the bean'

Freddy the Fresher 2014: Part 5

Freddy storms to victory on University Challenge

Review: Atomic Pizza

Alex Bleasdale revisits an old Cowley favourite

Bridget Jones on Valentine’s Day

Sara Semic contemplates flying solo on February 14th

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