Tuesday 8th July 2025

Lifestyle

Tiny Love Stories

I gazed at the mountains encircling my mother's hometown. I had been travelling in China for a month, constantly apologising for my broken Chinese. My mum once told me...

Intellectual manspreading? Male students of feminism

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

When a small sweet treat becomes a big problem

I can’t walk past the Covered Market without feeling inexplicably drawn to Moo-Moo’s. The...

Cocktail of the week: Raspberry fields forever

Sam Purnell shares a not so long and winding recipe

Dodging Oxford’s cyclists

Emma Leech shares the life lessons learnt from a bike crash

Recipe: Crispy mock duck pancakes

Kanak Shah shares a free-from alternative to a classic Chinese recipe

Cocktail of the week: red snapper

Julia Alsop shares a refreshing vegan cocktail

Letter from abroad: China

William Gardner on intercultural exchange in China, via The Great British Bake Off

Pandora extols wisdom, seated upon box

Pandora the cat presents her own coping mechanisms for Oxford life.

Life Divided: sub fusc

Nicola Dwornik and Noush Kavanagh debate the good, the bad, and the ugly of Oxford’s sub fusc

Tute sheets and Teletubbies: the life of a student parent in Oxford

Emily Beater dissects the reality of bringing up a child at university

A love letter to The Gardener’s Arms

Daniel Curtis uncovers a hidden vegetarian paradise

Food diary: confessions of an Oxford food blogger

Naomi Bradshaw reveals Oxford’s finest gluten-free restaurants that will leave you hungry for more

Review: Dosa Park

Susie Finlay finds great Indian cooking in a surprising location

Cocktail of the week: Oxford blue

Sam Purnell dedicates a cocktail to Oxford’s athletes

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.

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