Tuesday 28th October 2025

Lifestyle

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not worth my time. I doubt most people will even make it to the end of...

The erotic life of the mind

At Oxford, desire often wears a gown. It speaks in footnotes, engages in debates...

Oxford, gone decaf

When I was having lunch with a friend, I ordered my usual, a double...

How to survive Oxford

Welcome to Oxford, the place where ambition goes to drink, cry, and write 3,000 words on “liminality” at 3 a.m.

A lesson in longevity

Cherwell watches Ionesco’s La Leçon at the Théâtre de la Huchette in Paris, where it has been performed nightly for more than 50 years

Video Milled the radio star

Helen Pye chats with Scott Mills about gay rights in Uganda, stalkers, fireworks and a few missed alarm clocks

Can I blag you a drink?

Cherwell puts their liver at risk and loses their dignity searching for seven days of cost-free inebriation

How about you, Ben Dover?

Helen Pye negotiates the racy world of Lindsay Honey

Restaurant Review: Gee’s

Our reviewer finds the Banbury Road converted greenhouse a haven of style and calm

Launch of can ban poster plan

Oxford City Council and police have launched a poster campaign to publicise the ban on drinking in the city centre. The posters will be...

The Fog of War

A rare gem of a film doing the tour of select cinemas across the country at the moment is Errol Morris’ The Fog of...

University Cricket – Surrey Fail to See the Light

An unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 39 secured a draw for Oxford UCCE on day three of their game against Surrey. Chasing 350 to win...

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