Lifestyle

How places are made: A meditation in the City of Love

Places are formed from memories etched into streets, from ghosts which dwell in between moments. They’re shaped by the dreams and aspirations which have been poured into quiet, hidden hollows, like that shop in Paris.

Lifestyle Rebecca Bushee -

The cult of radical self-love

You don’t need to understand the mechanics of a triple Axel to be able to see the pure, unfiltered joy on Liu’s face during her victorious Olympic free skate.

Lifestyle Nora Miles -

Spring at last

"If you’re feeling happier in the new season, there might be a scientific reason for that."

Lifestyle Barbara Kempny -

Making the Most of University Life

You cannot be in control of the rapid pace of Oxford life, but you can be in control of your own pace,: in control of what you can and can’t take on

Lifestyle Olivia-Mae Butterfield -

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

Renaissance Man: Week Three

Quentin Mann talks about bands so obscure they don’t ‘objectively’ exist

Creaming Spires: Week Three

Penny Tration asks if the X-rated position really rates at all

Has Your (Intern)Ship Sailed?

Cherwell Lifestyle explores an alternative way to spend the vac - working on a minimum wage.

Interview: Anya Reiss

Sybil Devlin meets one of the UK's most promising playwrights

Creaming Spires: Week Two

Penny Tration gets her head around the art of foreplay

Interview: Taavet Hinrikus

Jessica Hao talks money with one of the hottest start-up companies around

A Darker Shade of Brown

Rowan Borchers talks to Derren Brown about magic, fear and insecurity

Life in the big smoke

Tom Goulding gives a run-down of the good and the bad of London's boroughs.

Creaming Spires: the start of term

Our brand spanking new columnist Penny Tration delves into the murky world of Oxford sex so you don't have to

The Routine – Collections

As Lifestyle bids farewell to The Routine, Alex Bleasdale prepares us for the inevitable(ish).

Edinburgh DO: not just a bunch of hippies

Alexandra Bleasdale uses her vacation to try and make a change

All Your Easter Eggs In One Basket

Cherwell reviews some of the best and the worst Easter Eggs on the market.

Interview: Lenny Henry

Bethan Tabram talks to comic turned actor Lenny Henry about his latest challenging role

Travel Blog: Moscow in March

Maybe try St Petersburg instead...

Top 10 Internship Mistakes

Bethan Tabram ruminates on the most common blunders that we all make whilst on those coveted internships.

The Hot Pursuit

Oxford's own Bridget Jones gets a stalker courtesy of Fate

Top Ten Things Not to Do on Mother’s Day

Lifestyle reveals the potential pitfalls that won’t impress Mummy on her special day.

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