Tuesday 27th January 2026

Lifestyle

A love letter to authenticity

Mirrors often occupy an uneasy place within the collective consciousness. A reflected replica of this world, not quite false, but not entirely real either.
Lifestyle Abigail Christie -

Not on the tour: An unconventional journey through Oxford

All tours are fundamentally flawed. Though they might be detailed and student-focused, they are utterly incapable of expressing what it is like to love Oxford.
Lifestyle Elouise Wills -

In defence of the default order: The Alternative Tuck Shop

There is no place in Oxford that my muscle memory takes me to more reliably than the Alternative Tuck Shop. This happens regardless of my state – still half-asleep, perhaps slightly hungover, or already late for class.
Lifestyle Luis Prenninger -

Faith in humanity restored: Taste Tibet, reviewed

It might have something to do with the freezing January rain outside, but when I arrive at Taste Tibet in East Oxford it seems a lot like paradise.
Food Nancy Robson -
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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

Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie

Becca Webb finds herself thrust into a world of bops, formal hall and legal clubbing as an American in Oxford

Oxford’s Best: Sandwich

This week Becca Webb sinks her teeth into the search for Oxford's most mouthwatering sandwiches

Having a ball

Cherwell finds the best solutions to every girl’s ball nightmare

Food and other drugs

Rebecca Holdsworth shares sustenance with the locals of the Bekaa valley, Lebanon

Max-imum exposure

Jake Mellett talks to Max Clifford about super-injunctions, famous clients and the fake Cliffords on Facebook, when he spoke at the Oxford Union last week

Ja-caring for the kids

Ella Sands ventures outside the bubble to volunteer with Oxford-based charity Jacari
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