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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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

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
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