Wednesday 19th November 2025

Lifestyle

Quod review

A landmark of the High Street, Quod boasts an opulent facade, its name reminding me of my doom on the way to my Latin lectures. And so, when they...

Never safe again: Consent and the college campus

CW: Sexual assault; mention of suicide. When you walk into college on the first day,...

Girlhood will not save you

I spent a good deal of time last summer trying to work out why...

Grieving in Oxford: Tips from a bereaved student

Grief touches all of us, and yet none of us in quite the same...

The Working World

'All interns are equal', said Nick, 'but some interns are more equal than others'.

A culture of chaos

Grace Goddard throws herself into Nepalese life, and tries to remain intact.

The Cherwell Guide to Lingo

For the individual abroad, when all sign language has failed them.

Ibiza or bust (1)

Can you get paid to party? Cherwell's jobseeker heads to the White Isle to find out.

Fishing for compliments?

Claire Castles tries out a new beauty treatment that's a bit more natural than the rest.

Have you met TED?

Michael Brodsky explains the mysterious goings on that have preceded the launch of Oxford's new student conference society, TEDxOxford.

Wilderness and Truck Festival Fever

Francesca Wade talks to the organisers of two Oxfordshire music festivals about the problems and hopes involved in their summer extravaganzas

Review: Burlesque Night at Cafe Coco

Karl Dando strips away the mystique surrounding Cafe Coco's recent burlesque night.

No carbs before Marbs

Jake Mellett takes a lettuce leaf from the Hand Book of Amy Childs

Oxford’s Best: Bagel

Becca Webb is underwhelmed by her exploration of Oxford's bagel scene

Not so MDMA-zing

Amanda Parker wonders if legal highs are the key to a good time or if they’re more dangerous than you think

For the love of food

Adam Taylor puts some healthy enthusiasm back into food

Oxford’s Best: Pizza

Becca Webb samples Oxford's offerings of the pizza scene

Waka-waka, it’s time for (South) Africa

Lizzie Greene discovers Ostrich riding, sky diving and elephant sighting in South Africa

Parky’s still Perky

Sophie Jamieson turns the tables on the interviewer extraordinaire after his speech at the Oxford Union

Unplugged: A week without internet

Abbas Kazmi fights temptation as he struggles under a week-long web deprivation

Oxford’s Best: Muffin

Becca Webb ponders the nature of the muffin, and lets you in on where to find the tastiest

The Circle of Life

Libby Derbyshire gives vegetarianism a dressing-down

The softer side of Sudan

Isra Wani gets behind the politics and meets the real people of Khartoum

Dom and dumber

Nick Pointer chats to Dom Joly about rock throwing fans, the Twitter revolution and the Ben Hur of hidden camera movies

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