Friday 10th April 2026

Lifestyle

An amateur’s guide to being chronically ill at university

In a job interview, I could describe myself as "resilient”, “adept at multitasking”, and “highly organised”. What is yet to be a LinkedIn badge is actually my most developed...

Flânerie for Two: On the Lost Art of Doing Nothing Together

“Order of operations, vacuum first or last when cleaning your apartment?” The question comes...

All roads lead to bagels: Green Routes review

Don’t get me wrong, I love my college. I’d proudly defend it against most criticisms. But it does have one major flaw: the absence of Sunday Brunch. So, to overcome this tragedy, and in the hope of appeasing my hangover with some much needed sugar, I headed out last week to the Green Routes Café in Cowley.

All (college) creatures great and small

Growing up, the loving companionship of animals had been a constant for me – a living, breathing reminder that life is worth treasuring and slowing down for. Yet, now separated by hundreds of miles, at university the happiness I had felt amongst my animals began to dissipate. That is, until I saw the cat tree in my college lodge and heard the tip-tapping of four paws across the wooden floor.

Blind Date: Emma and Nicky

Life co-editors Emma and Nicky get a taste of the Balliol Blue and their own medicine

A bloody nightmare

Heather Cant wishes for a happier period

Blind Date: Akshay and Lily

Akshay and Lily chat about their love of electronic music over an apparently mesmerising plate of macaroni

A student’s guide to cheap wine

Emily Beswick finds the best bottles for under a fiver

Recipe: Date night on a budget

Esmé Curtis shares a duo of dishes that won’t fail to impress

Letter from Abroad: Yaroslavl

Pip Cull is greatly envious of Russia’s readiness to embrace childhood fantasy

Life Divided: drinking societies

Jamie Onslow and Emma Leech debate the merits and misogyny of drinking societies

Blind Date: John and Bessie

John and Bessie fail to see eye to eye on their blind date

Cocktail of the week: Lemon drop

Sam Purnell suggests a cheap, but highly refreshing cocktail to enjoy this weekend

Time-turners and doppelgängers: battling homesickness at Oxford

Nicola Dwornik talks about the difficulties of finding a true home within college walls

Letter from Abroad: Paris

Eleanor Whitchurch speaks of Parisian courtesy in an unsettled atmosphere

An experience of Oxford Women Speak Out

Emily Beswick discusses using her time, and body, for activism

Food diary: why brunch?

Ellie Duncan explores the role of brunch in history, culture and her weekend routine

Recipe: Gluten-free pancakes

Naomi Bradshaw shares a versatile recipe to brighten up your weekend

Fear, frustration and self-loathing: welcome to an Oxford lecture theatre

Daniel Curtis takes a socially-awkward look at the perils of the contact hours in the humanities

A tale of two brunches

Julia Alsop reflects on contrasting versions of Oxford’s favourite meal

Life Divided: rowing

Francesca Salisbury and Sian Bayley debate rowing from differing (seat) positions

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

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