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A crash course in British politics: An introduction (Week 0)

If you are reading this you most likely live in the United Kingdom. You might also, like me, be new here. As a first-year international student, I suddenly find...
Columns Roy Shinar Cohen -

Sound And Vision: Better Call Saul’s Perfect Montage

"The perfect song choice is instrumental in creating the perfect montage".
Music Albert Genower -

Work/Life Balance at Brookes

It is vital to recognise when to ask for help, and to know where to ask for it. Sharing a problem can often lighten the load of the problem. That’s part of the learning experience.
Columns Michael Pista -

Striking the balance at university

"I wish I could be in two places at once, but as fun as this term has been, I am also aware that it has been packed that little bit too full."
Lifestyle Sofia Della Sala -
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Douze Points: Why does the UK fail at Eurovision?

Perhaps one of the most unforgettable moments of the 2021 contest was when four countries received zero points from the televote, and the United...

JCReviews: Cocaine and pin-machines, Worcester and New College

The colleges of this ancient place are numerous, and so are the common rooms which accompany them. Whilst most of us will never get...

Europe Underground: Journalism on the edge

Amidst the Ukraine crisis that has dominated European politics for the last several weeks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Moscow to meet...

Observing Oxford: The Radcliffe Camera

It is a truth universally acknowledged that no one has ever gone to the Radcliffe Camera to actually do work, and if you do,...

La Vie en Rose: Babysitting the strawberries

Nowadays there’s a lot of ‘main character’ talk. One woman who has not only understood the assignment, but puts to shame all other competing...

The how-to guide to Hilary: How to tell if you are a typical rower (and what to do about It)

Do you constantly complain about the number of frankly appalling blisters you have on your hands? Frequently whine about how you just have to...

What’s happening in the chapel: Who’s who?

As a continuation of the theme of my previous article, I thought it would be a good idea to explain some of the people...

Reflections on Rustication: Suspending to see the bigger picture

CW: Mental Health, Suicide, Depression, Eating disorders, Substance abuse In Michaelmas 2021, I attempted suicide by paracetamol overdose. Following three days in hospital, I made...

Observing Oxford: Pret

I will preface this article with an acknowledgement of the fact that the staff of Pret-A-Manger on Cornmarket Street have probably seen me at...

Pens, Paper and Panic: On the differences between OCD at home and at university

CW: anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD, can be characterised by a heavy reliance on routine. Individuals such as myself that...

Hiraeth: An ode to the unclaimed objects in my bag

Last autumn, I was forced to pick and choose pieces of my life that I wanted to bring with me to university as I...

What’s happening in the chapel: An introduction to college chapels

When coming up with an idea for a column, I found myself thinking of my college chapel. I am a chapel warden at Lincoln...

La Vie en Rose: New year, many me(s)

A couple days ago I went to see a Baudelaire exhibition, and as I meandered through colourful rooms full of poems about flowers and...

Douze Points: Defying the odds, Eurovision’s biggest disappointments

According to the famous ABBA song, the winner takes it all. Yet as the undoubtedly most famous act to have won Eurovision, it’s no...

Brain Freeze: The C word waltz

CW: Cancer, surgery. So I’m talking to someone, right. Say I don’t really know them. Well maybe I do, a bit. A friend of a...

Arrogant, Offensive Truth Twisters: Don’t cry for me, Britannia

“Right guys, place your bets, how long do you think it’ll take Fiónn to become a Tory?” It was a cold January morning in my...

Europe Underground: Questioning Otherness

"Migrants can be a source of renewal, a springboard for critical thinking...not least because they provide an opportunity to reassert an identity that goes beyond current political borders – a cosmopolitan Mediterranean identity."

Haute Kosher: To life, l’chaim

"We must not live in fear; we must live so vibrantly that if we are taken again, we will have left our mark, so that even after our death, we will live."

Behind the Screens: the thankless job of editing

CW: Mentions of suicide In a previous Cherwell column, I wrote that cinematographers manipulate an audiences’ viewpoint. If that is the case, then editors are...

Will Neill’s Real Deal: The Decline and Fall of Boris Johnson

This has been a bizarre week for Boris Johnson. I appreciate that this is an evergreen statement, applicable to basically any week in the...
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