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.

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

Houmous Girl – 4th week Trinity

This week sees Houmous Girl relay the tale of a burgeoning Oxford romance

Interview: Chang-rae Lee

Rhiannon Gibbs-Harris speaks to author Chang-rae Lee about the self, bad reviews and golf

Creaming Spires – 4th week Trinity

Ophelia Balls heads to Cowley in search of the Hipster

Houmous Girl – 3rd week Trinity

The characters of Oxford are feeling the pinch

Shakespeare Re-imagined: a Novel Choice

Sara Semic speaks to author Marina Fiorato about ink and virginity in 'Beatrice and Benedick'

Creaming Spires: 3rd week Trinity

Ophelia Balls discusses the pros and cons of physical activities with an Oxford Blue

Review: Worcester Formal

This week our reviewers are satisfied, but largely unimpressed.

Beyond Meat: Futuristic Food

Liz English explores new sources of eco-friendly nutrition

Creaming Spires – 2nd week Trinity

Ophelia Balls discovers first-hand that bored people are boring people

Houmous Girl – 2nd week Trinity

Your friends and acquaintances quibble over the evening's plan

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...

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