Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Lifestyle

A homely solution to stress

Sometimes the strangest methods are the most effective.

Ssh…here’s the debrief on gossip.

Gossip – does it have redeemable qualities, or is it simply inexcusable? Amy Lawson discusses.

Zero social anxiety?

Tiktok is helping us see what it might be like to have no social anxiety. But is complete disinhibition something we should all aspire to?

Stuck in a loop: Are you balancing your studies with your cycle? 

The menstrual cycle is not a disadvantage – understanding and accommodating it can bring huge advantages.

Fifty Shades of Cosmo

Ophelia Balls takes Cosmo's sex advice at face value, from the sublime to the ridiculous

A birthday stripped bare

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on her best birthday surprise yet...

"Middle Class Food Column": Houmous Wars

Katie Ebner-Landy attempts to explain some of the oldest and deepest-rooted hatreds in the world through the medium of houmous

Join the (singles) club!

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on the life of the singleton

A Big Night Out

Tom Goulding talks to Clive Martin, one of Vice's hottest upcoming names

The man with the golden camera

Tim Ellis talks to Alex Thomson, Cherwell alumnus and Channel 4's chief news correspondent

A long-standing, silent struggle

An Oxford undergraduate talks to Cherwell about battling with depression at University.

Confessions of a dryathlete

John Owen talks about life without drinking in a bid to raise money for Cancer Research.

Make Love Not Porn

Eleanor Bley Griffiths talks hardcore porn, younger men and self-promotion with Cindy Gallop

The Bridget Jones of Oxford: The Elusive Zen

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on the sweat, blood and tears that is Bikram Yoga

Interview: Sophie Hulme

Imogen Beecroft talks to Sophie Hulme, a young designer causing quite a stir

Three’s not a crowd

Max McGenity meets Ian Mucklejohn, the first single man in the UK to have surrogate children.

Do me if you’ve ‘done’ India

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on gap yah guys

The Joys of Teaching: A Year Abroad Perspective

Gruffudd Owen on life without Oxford - and the weird and wonderful ways of her students

The nudist life laid bare

Alexia Millett ponders why nudism is still so unpopular in Britain, and whether she’ll ever be converted

Review: Byron

George Street's newest chain combines gastronomy with a uniquely authentic feel

Homage to Fromage: Fondue

Anthony Collins explores the pleasures and pitfalls of melted cheese

Is he a Saint or a Sinha?

Nastassia Dahnraj talks to Paul Sinha about quizzing, failure, and finding your voice

The Post-Christmas Blues

If you're spending the last days of your Vac procrastinating and making unachievable resolutions, you're not alone

NYE: Do’s and Do Not’s

Jess Bird gives the run-down on how to have a Really Good Time

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