Features
Some habits die hard: the truth about Oxford’s Coffee Culture
The baristas in Cornmarket Pret know my coffee order on sight. My friends rarely see me without a strong black Americano in hand. You might say I’m an extreme...
Open Minds, Open Conversations: An Interview with the LOAF Podcast
I knew vaguely of the podcast run by four of my fellow Christ Church...
Food Fight! Oxford and Cambridge compete to tackle food poverty
This summer, the long-anticipated ‘Great Oxbridge BOGOF’ will be returning for its 3rd run....
Just as nice for thrice the price?: The international experience at Oxford
I would be lying if I said I hadn’t looked into getting adopted by...
How do we keep Campsfield closed?
In the first week of Hilary Term, The Student Union became an officially named...
St Stephen’s House – an almost love letter to the PGCE “Party college”
At the age of about 12, I saw a priest smoking a cigarette around the back of a church and knew from the look...
Marginalia: an insight into the psychology of the Oxford Student
You’re sat in the Rad Cam. It’s week five of Michaelmas. You’re hunched over, squinting through the dim yellow light to make out the...
Oxford, a University of Activists? Myths and Realities
Activism is rife in Oxford, especially student activism. Everywhere you look, you can see signs of it.
Picture this: it’s the weekend and Cornmarket Street...
The Hackathon to Cabinet: How the Oxford Union shapes Britain’s political culture
CW: sexual assault
It's no secret to anyone who reads the news that British politics begins in the cloisters of Oxford (and, to a lesser...
Ukraine and Oxford on the anniversary of the invasion
Cherwell interviewed Oxford Ukrainian Scholars and refugee coordinators as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reached its one year anniversary.
Friday 24th February 2023 marked a year...
“I was told that I need to better manage my time”: Living with endometriosis at Oxford
CW: suicide
Underdiagnosed and understudied, endometriosis has long existed largely in the shadows. For one Oxford student who responded to our survey, this meant 15...
Opera funding cuts: What is the future of the art form?
Opera in the UK is in crisis. In the latest round of government funding allocated by The Arts Council England (ACE), many of the...
ChatGPT: The answer to your essay crisis?
ChatGPT. If you haven’t heard of it from some source yet, then I can only congratulate you. It is described as an ‘AI Advanced...
Hanging in there: The ‘Myrkl’ pill that might change the way Oxford drinks
Hangover anecdotes tend to interest their teller more than their audience. So, I’ll let you read some triumphant exceptions to the rule written by...
Pathology and Privilege: The inherent ‘Britishness’ of our political scandals
Nadhim Zahawi’s slippery handling of his tax affairs represents another droplet in an ocean of dishonour. It emerged last week that the former Conservative...
It’s time to get angry about the explosive impact of fragile masculinity
On the 11th of January, Alex Davies-Jones made a speech in the House of Commons about the "crisis" unfurling in secondary schools across the...
The apolitical alternative
Political disengagement among the younger generation is neither apathy nor ignorance, it is a highly complex product of a post-political, hyper-normalised age of absurdity,...
Cherwell 2023 ‘Sextigation’: St Peter’s Top Shaggers, Univ least happy with sex lives
https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/12639027/
Almost exactly a year ago, Cherwell published its first ‘Sextigation’. Now, after multiple weeks of data collection and over 400 responses, Cherwell’s sex survey...
The ugly truth about pretty privilege
CW: Eating disorders, racism, body dysmorphia, references to sexual violence.
Before I begin, I’d like to say thank you to all students that interacted with...
