Wednesday 6th May 2026

Lifestyle

‘If he wanted to he would’: The problem with TikTok dating advice

This kind of advice doesn’t just set unrealistic expectations, but actively discourages real communication. Instead of having a conversation with our partners, we are encouraged to analyse, dissect, interpret, and ultimately to assume the worst.
Lifestyle Jessie Jukes -

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 -
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Lifestyle Interview: the Hairy Bikers

The celebrity chef duo talk to Claire Castles about friendship, fresh food and feeding the elderly

It’s not all about the money

Vidhi Doshi tries to curb her excesses and survive on one pound a day for a week. But at what cost?

First year, second time around

Rebecca Loxton sees Freshers' Week through older and wiser eyes; postgrads have fun too you know

The hostess with the mostest

Adam Scott Taylor talks to Sayuki, the first Western geisha, about life on the inside of the flower and willow world

A stranger close to home

Claire Castles explores her native Ireland, camping her way down the east coast

Festivals: Do and Don’t

Matt Jones gives festival-goers his top tips from a summer of outings

Hello Stephen: Introducing leggy blonde, Steve Merchant, 36.

Award winning co-creator of The Office and Extras, Stephen Merchant is embarking on his first everstand-up comedy tour. I got in touch to discuss returning to the stage, service station cuisine, and playdates with Johnny Depp.

A Fresher’s Guide to Packing

Grace Goddard provides some handy tips on the Oxford eight-week packing saga for the incoming fresher

Fresher = Survivor

For the fresher who can't cook, one restaurant at a time

Social enterprise group to renovate empty Turl Street venue

The Oxford Hub has begun a project to convert 16-17 Turl Street, a building which has been left unused for two years, into a bar and restaurant; the profits of which will feed back into social enterprise projects in the local community

The Secret Diary of a Call Centre Worker

Cherwell Lifestyle puts its reputation on the phone line, finding a murky world of voyeurism, exploitation and sex

Word policing

Jack Andrews asks Oxford how riled up linguistic effrontery really gets us

Cherwell’s Fresher A – Z

A is for Arrival. You are not good enough. You never were good enough, you never will be good enough and it’s all a terrible joke. Ah well, Cherwell’s here to help. Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin.

Get smart!

After years in the mobile wilderness, Matthew Jones finally gives in to touch-screen temptation

Google Minus

Is Google’s latest attempt to crack the online networking sphere top news or social suicide?

Ibiza or bust (2)

Do you need pills to party? Over a week in and the White Isle is starting to look a little grubby

Ginvestigative journalism

Can you tell your Bombay Sapphire from your Gordon's? India Lenon braves the Feathers Hotel's 'Gin Experience'

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.
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