Sam Harding, Author at Cherwell

The Oxford Mentality?

Are we all slaves to the Oxford mindset? And is it really all that bad, Sam Harding asks. Last week, in a spare hour...

The Great Divide

Recent research has criticised Oxford’s access policy for lagging behind Labour’s targets for the proportion of state-school students admitted. But should the government be...

Settling In

Are we going up again, or coming back home? Oxford’s short terms are unique. One spends just under half the year at university,...

Have yourself an over-hyped Christmas

Sam Harding says bah humbug to the shops that think Christmas begins in October From October, the tinny strains of carols start to echo...

Head to Head: The Bridge vs. Filth

Possibly the ultimate showdown of the Oxford clubbing scene. Loyalties are divided, but can the winner be found? Our intrepid reporter Sam Harding takes...

Restaurant Review: La Tasca

Such was my lack of faith in restaurant reviews that I was prompted to try the tapas restaurant La Tasca at the Oxford Castle,...

Price of a pint in Oxford rose by over...

Brasenose hosts talk by suspended spokesman for the Israeli...

Review: Endgame – ‘Nothing is funnier than unhappiness’

A literary map of Oxford

Sam Harding