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It takes a village, but no one wants to be a villager

Oxford is full of busy people. It can seem at times like you are fighting for space in between someone’s various committee obligations, tutorials, and frantic essay crises.

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Measuring out life with coffee spoons: Inside the Oxford death café

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An archaeological future: Distorted legacies

The ache to remember and be remembered is one of the most important things that makes humankind human, and this hasn’t changed across the sweeping expanse of time.

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A mini-guide to the Italian restaurants of Oxford

The Cherwell Lifestyle team decided to combine our forces and put together a mini-guide to the Italian restaurants to suit all of your needs.

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Lifestyle

It takes a village, but no one wants to be a villager

Measuring out life with coffee spoons: Inside the Oxford death café

An archaeological future: Distorted legacies

A mini-guide to the Italian restaurants of Oxford

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