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Home, and how to find it

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

Three Thousand reasons to slurp

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

Christmas mourning

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)

Unless my friends are particularly fiendish, I’m pretty certain that “I’m just going to...

The last tutorial: Let the nostalgia – and the anxiety – sink in

Many of us have heard the dreaded ‘So… any idea what you’re doing next?’. It makes me a little irate, anxious, and on the verge of a minor breakdown, as you can probably tell. Two years of my undergraduate degree have somehow disappeared with the blink of an eye – I am older but seem to be none the wiser.

Cherwell Food & Drink Awards HT17

Sam Purnell presents the winners of Oxford’s definitive food survey

Couch to 5K

Emma Leech’s app-etite for fitness improves with an affinity for electronic instruction

Life Divided: Kebab vans

Matthew Palmer and Stephen Hawes discuss the attraction and aversion to Oxford’s kebab vans

My secondary school was a vibrant patchwork of people and cultures

Heather Cant discusses the importance of social diversity in secondary schools

Letter from abroad: Jordan

A student in Jordan speaks to men about sexual violence in Amman

Food diary: in search of pasteis de nata

Pauline Chatelan discovers the latest foodie obsession

Blind Date: Charlie and Adam

Charlie and Adam discuss battling snakes in Tasmania over gallantly bought drinks

Letter from abroad: Spain and France

Caitlin McLoughlin shares how the year abroad is not just about the food and fiestas.

Hungry for Ho fun

Cherwell Food and Drink searches Oxford to find the perfect noodle

A thistle amongst the roses: to be a lone Scot in Oxford

Emma Leech questions the motives behind setting up national societies

Mindfulness through a camera lens

Sophie Cheng uses photography to focus her perspective on life

Life Divided: crewdates

Jamie Onslow and Nicola Dwornik share differing perspectives on crewdates

Blind Date: Rosie and Tom

Tom and Rosie discuss classical music and Persian history over a drink in Turf Tavern

Cocktail of the week: negroni sbagliato

Julia Alsop shares an indulgent aperitif

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