Saturday 1st November 2025

Lifestyle

Chivalry in the age of automatic doors

The waiter has just brought the bill, irritatingly diplomatic in his placement – middle of the table. You both glance at it, then at each other, caught in that...

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not...

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...

Big Issue Blog

Catherine Edwards recounts her experience working in the Big Issue office in Manchester.

Review: The Perch

Interest sparked by mixed reviews, Alex Bleasdale takes a walk across the meadows in search of lunch.

“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date…”

Elizabeth English looks at what Oxonians have been getting up to in the first month of the Summer Vac

Planes, Trains and er.. does that guy have a sword?

Sybil Devlin's guide to navigating America on public transport

Baroque Churches to Berlin

Tim Ellis reminisces about his summer interailling, and offers up some advice

Party in the USA: New York, New York

Sybil Devlin kicks off her trip round America playing tourist in The Big Apple

There’s No Place Like Home…

The Lifestyle team considers the good and bad of heading back home for the summer vacation

Surviving Work Experience

Donald Cloovin gives you some top tips on getting through the boring horror of work experience

The Cherwell Profile – Jacqueline Gold

Catherine Edwards discusses female empowerment and Fifty Shades with Ann Summers CEO Jacqueline Gold

Life in vanilla

A personal account of tackling depression at Oxford

Renaissance Man: Week Five

Quentin Mann outsources his procrastination overseas

Creaming Spires: Week Five

Penny Tration gets down and dirty with the ultimate taboo

Interview: Dan Snow

Eleanor Bley Griffiths talks to Dan Snow about broadcasting, history and why apps are the future

Renaissance Man: Week Four

Quentin Mann samples some illegal 'reconstituted alcohol'

Creaming Spires: Week Four

Penny Tration gets naughty on Skype - and likes it

Come donate with me

Bethan Tabram explains why you should join the dinner party revolution

Food for Finalists

Nastassia Dhanraj on what to eat during exams to stay healthy and energized.

The Case for Homebrew

Joseph Cock brings you his opinion on the oft-forgotten pastime of homebrewing.

Let sleeping students lie

Catherine Edwards explores the importance of getting your forty winks

Interview: The Rubberbandits

Tim Ellis talks to the cult Irish comedy favourites

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