Sunday, January 5, 2025

News and Investigations

38% of students report decline in mental health since joining Oxford

News Ila Banerji -
Nearly one in five women reported unwanted sexual behaviour, whilst one in five BAME students reported bullying and harassment.

Kiss Bar Oxford permanently closed by landlords after 23 years

News Noah Robson -
Kiss Bar, a late-night venue on Park End Street, has been permanently closed just months after ATIK Oxford was shut down in the same building

Comment

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Features

Intoxtigation 2024: Merton drinks least, Christ Church most, and two thirds tipsy around tutors

Laurence Cooke and Victoria McKinley-Smith -
In an Oxford first, the Cherwell Features team gathered data from 1,250 students on all things drinking.

Bridging the gap to a better clubbing scene

Anna Crowley -
Oxford's monopolised club scene dampens the creativity and expression of young artists.

The students working to tackle homelessness

Subhan Aslam -
It's an odd sensation to be at one of the richest universities in the world, whose city nonetheless has so many people in need of help.

A whistle-stop tour of Oxford’s women’s societies

Sophie Lyne -
What can all these women’s societies be fighting for? To find out, I spoke to eight of their presidents. 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Sangria

Victoria McKinley-Smith -
Compared to Barcelona, Oxford may not be swarming with sun-seekers, but it faces its own unique set of challenges.

Oxford’s long vacation vexation

Thomas Armstrong -
How to explain the notoriously overworked Oxford student’s counter-intuitive desire for more time spent studying? The answer lies deeper than a simple enthusiasm for hitting the books.

Profiles

Shashi Tharoor, UN diplomat, novelist, politician, and historian, speaks to Cherwell about his work and career

Hassan Akram -
Dr Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer, and former diplomat. He has written twenty-six books spanning history, politics, biography, religion, literary criticism, fiction, and more. He was a...

Rory Stewart on populism, podcasting, and why he left the Bullingdon Club

Hassan Akram -
Rory Stewart has been an academic, podcaster, writer, diplomat and politician. He read PPE at Balliol. While an undergraduate, he tutored Princes William and Harry, and attended a meeting...

Culture

Should we judge a book by its cover?

Yasmin Beed -
Maybe we need to start giving a chance to the books we wouldn't usually take a second glance at. 

“Mummy said I’m pretty”: Nepo babies on the runway

Srinetra Banerjee -
What positive changes are the people born into this system going to advocate for?

Life

Home, and how to find it

Amy Seal -
It seems like life after university is a journey to find our way home, whatever that means.

Three Thousand reasons to slurp

Amanda Li -
I thought the place was great, especially as a very quick sit down option.

Christmas mourning

Freddie Sweet -
This will be my second Christmas without presents wrapped in wallpaper, and gift tags with clues on them rather than names...

A defence of students’ reliance on AI (and how to fix it)

Holly Errington -
Unless my friends are particularly fiendish, I’m pretty certain...

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