Thursday 12th February 2026

Lifestyle

Why you shouldn’t finish your reading list

On being accepted into Oxford, everyone warned me about the reading lists. “You’ll be reading eight hours a day,” they said. At the time, it sounded almost romantic.
Lifestyle Anisha Mohammed -

Kilts, Ceilidhs and Calling: Inside the World of Oxford Reeling

It's Thursday night in New College's Long Room, and several dozen students are desperately trying to master The Plough Speed, which, for the uninitiated, is a mind boggling routine of side-steps, spins and shuffles.
Lifestyle Nancy Robson -

Moving cities, keeping home

l've moved cities enough times to know that leaving is never just about packing boxes. After spending eighteen years in London, I found myself applying to a number of different cities, including Oxford, for university.
Lifestyle Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The dating bio’s obsession with Oxford

As Michaelmas drew to a close, a dramatic conversation about Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, finding his partner on a dating app prompted my friend and I to try a dating app for the first time in the UK.
Lifestyle Manya Singh -
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Ben Stamp tells his friend’s story about enduring a failing heart with a strong spirit

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Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on those awkward in-college walks of shame

Interview: Raymond Blanc

Laura French talks to Raymond Blanc about food, the French, the future, and...fish fingers

Give me horse meat any day

Nastassia Dhanraj looks at some of the weirder cuisine the world has to offer

Be my bloody Valentine

Oxford's own Bridget Jones bags herself a V-Day date on Take Me Out

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Harriet Smith Hughes chats with Police Dog Hogan about juggling professional careers and urban bluegrass

Making a Break for it

Rachel Massey and Hannah Grosskopf talk about their experiences of RAG's Jailbreak

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Gruffudd Owen experiences his first strike in France, and he's definitely not complaining

"Middle Class Food Column": Going Against the Grain

Katie Ebner-Landy and Lewis Evans look into how to make carb-consuming just that bit more fun

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
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