Friday 15th August 2025

Lifestyle

The girl who lived

Like Harry Potter under the stairs, I was ‘the one who lived’. A rainbow baby (a baby born after loss), wrapped in nappies and layers of meaning and expectation....

The art of snacking in an ingredient household

There’s something quite liminal about being a student. One minute you’re running around a...

Tiny Love Stories

I gazed at the mountains encircling my mother's hometown. I had been travelling in...

Intellectual manspreading? Male students of feminism

If I had to choose one, I’d say my favourite part of studying a...

An open letter to Santa

Ditch the coal, carrots and chimney-creeping Mr Claus – this year you're on the naughty list

Life Divided: Christmas Films

Love 'em or hate 'em, you just can't avoid them this time of year

How to: ace the vac

It's less about revision and more about cultivating a refined online presence

Jingle hell: a Grinch’s guide to Christmas

Rosalind Perrett teaches us her survival tips for scrooges

Is the ‘vac’ really a vacation?

Sometimes it’s okay to just stick your middle finger up at the reading list, writes Julia Alsop

Ode to an Entz Rep

Fin Kavanagh reflects upon the realities of one of the strangest JCR positions

How to be the edgiest dresser at Cellar

Samuel Juniper provides a comprehensive guide to the spectrum of style at Oxford's beloved Cellar.

Restaurant Review: Cinnamon Kitchen

Aine Kennedy takes a break from the student lifestyle to explore luxury dining at Cinnamon Kitchen

Keeping abreast of the sinful round robin

Rosalind Perrett laments the reappearance of the vacuous 'Round Robin' letter at Christmas

How To: Survive Oxmas

Honor Brocklebank-Fowler offers some festive tips for getting through Oxmas

Life Divided: Do you miss Oxford during the vac?

Are you pining after crippling academic pressure, or just enjoying being reunited with sleep? Priya Vempali and Joanna Lonergan debate Oxford nostalgia

Life Divided: Cuppers

Claire Castle and Alice Ritchie get competitive over college contests

Day in the Life: Cherwell Editor

Jack Hunter gives an exclusive insight into the life of a Cherwell editor

“You can’t deny that Spoons’ founder Tim Martin is one of the few true heroes of our generation.”

BrewDog is overpriced ale for wannabe hipsters. Alec Fullerton thinks you should head to Spoons instead.

A Day In The Life: JCR President

Natalie Nguyen shines light on to the demands and delights of being a JCR president

“The internet is crying out for interesting video content”

Cat Bean chats student cooking with Mob Kitchen’s Ben Lebus

Love Oxland semi-final

“The food was free, so we ordered the most expensive things on the menu.”

“There is a social expectation that men should just ‘deal with it’”

It’s time to take men’s mental health more seriously, writes Fraser Macdonald-Lister

Life Divided: College Bars

Bessie Yuill and Joanna Lonergan debate with no holds barred

Love Oxland: “She was tall, friendly and dolled up – though sadly this wasn’t for me.”

Juliet Flamank is disappointed by Jack Beadsworth’s lack of agricultural ambition

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