Saturday 15th November 2025

Lifestyle

Girlhood will not save you

I spent a good deal of time last summer trying to work out why bows made me so irrationally angry. Twice, walking while on the phone to my mum,...

Grieving in Oxford: Tips from a bereaved student

Grief touches all of us, and yet none of us in quite the same...

Hyperactive brain, hypoactive thyroid

Many Oxford narratives have been told time and again, but the story of the...

Grilling the Parsonage: Oxford’s ‘best’ restaurant?

Sometimes you want more than just a meal, to celebrate a birthday, an anniversary,...

John Evelyn’s Diary: Hilary 2020, Week 4

The Feast of Saint Valentine’s is quickly approaching, but in Frewin Court old lovers and friends seem immune to cupid’s charms. This should come...

Sharing is Caring

Looking back through old photos a few weeks ago, I found a screenshot of a message dated 16th September 2017 – a Saturday afternoon...

Fresher fashion – the conflict between comfort, identity and productivity

A nervous incoming fresher in early October, I can remember trawling through Oxford student articles desperate for fashion do’s and don’ts before I packed the world’s...

Cherpse! Tara and Ben

Tara, New College, Biomed, 1st year We met by the Ashmolean (very creepy at night) and went to the pub - we quickly established that...

Hi, I’m an Oxford student and I have chronic indecision

Everyone in Oxford seems to be an overachiever, skipping from committee to niche sports team with apparent ease. How can we deal with the...

Scrap the rhetoric: simplifying our response to food waste

As with so many other environmental issues, more and more people are becoming aware of the environmental strain created by food waste, and the...

Review: A new place to be Nourish-ed in Jericho

Savannah Hawley on a café which proves healthy eating doesn't have to be a fad As trends for health food and ethical products are on...

Student Jobs: Are they worth it, and how to manage when you don’t have a choice

Oxford University’s official guidelines states "term-time employment is not permitted except under exceptional circumstances," and even in the holidays, students are told to prioritise their studies. Questions...

Dump Soup

Savannah Hawley introduces a comforting recipe to use up your leftovers In the past several years, the public has seemingly woken up to the disturbing...

Lady Pat. R. Honising – Mumps Mayhem …

Dear Lady Pat, I thought I was safe, I thought my parents had set me up to go into the world well loved,...

John Evelyn’s Diary | Hilary Term 2020, Week 2

As long-term readers will be aware, the birthday party is a seminal moment in the life of an ambitious hack. With the pre-emptive postponement...

John Evelyn’s Diary | Hilary Term 2020, Week 1

A reshuffle is afoot in Frewin Court - the Frenchman waves the white flag, going out the same way he came in - at...

On Rejection

You send it off, knowing that you’re probably going to get rejected. But there’s that little bit of optimism, maybe you could even call it hope,...

Finding and Losing Love at Uni

Love is an elusive beast. It creeps up on you when you least expect it and generally, it messes with your plans. I’d always planned...

The Personal is the Political

He was a boy She was a girl Can I make it any more obvious? He was a punk She did ballet What more can I say? He wanted her She'd...

Lady Pat. R. Honising – Cowley Clinic Calling …

Dear Lady P,  I was so excited to come to Oxford: nights out, new people, and...sex. A far cry from the sheltered suburb of my...

A feast for the eyes: are we obsessed with photographing our meals?

Gone are the days when grace was exchanged before eating a meal. Now, Instagramming our food has become the standard ritual, digitally feasting with...

Review: Dans le Noir

Have you ever seen About Time? It’s not a requirement to read this article, but if you happen to have watched arguably the greatest...

Cherpse! Roza and Tom

Roza , 2nd year, PPE, Hertford I was quite surprised by Tom’s plan to go to a pub at 2:30 in the afternoon but I...

Review: Skogen

I’ve never quite been able to get behind the lifestyle trends which have been in constant formation, over the past year or so, on...

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