Monday 25th May 2026

Lifestyle

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. 

Actually, Trinifree is a state of mind

Experiencing Trinifree with a proper “Trinittude” (Trinifree-attitude) means the chance to do things I would have considered unfathomable during the past two terms, like take a nap in the afternoon or resolve to never pull an all-nighter in order to finish an essay.

Is there such a thing as a break-up season?

In the warmer months we are more open to new connections and to seeing the beauty which was always there, but perhaps lay dormant or buried during the winter.

Hospitable cultures exist because women exist

We don't just owe the survival of our culture to women, but our very own survival. Every homemade meal, tender embrace, wiped tear, wrapped gift, handwritten card, wise word of advice, and lullaby has raised and nourished us.

Highway to hell

Susannah Goldsbrough reveals how she's driven herself around the bend

My town and my gown: between dreaming spires and magic roundabouts

Ellie Jerome finds that more divides Oxford and Swindon than a stretch of the A420

My town and my gown: “the world has slowed down around me”

Josh Travers resigns himself to the monotony of a Vac spent in Stockport

‘Pretworking’: A Spotter’s Guide

Aidan Balfe on the modus operandi of student hacks, and his attempt to introduce a new term to the Oxford idiolect

My town and my gown: A Tale of (cycling, in) Two Cities

Rosa Thomas' reflections on cycling in London — a vicious cycle with the wheels of misfortune

Friendship, Feminism and Fun(damental Rights)

India Parker talks to Jess Bollands, the President of the Oxford Belles, about the enormous success of their latest music video

My town and my gown: between Slough and Oxford

Jack Allsopp finds some surprising connections between his two homes from home

Letter from abroad: Salamanca

Claire Leibovich discusses trying to shake off Oxford pressures while in Spain

Cocktail of the week: rainbow sangria

Sam Purnell shares a cocktail reminiscent of sunny Spain

Recipe: Mediterranean baked sweet potatoes

Sam Purnell shares one of his favourite home-cooked recipes

Review: The Eagle and Child

Emily Beswick follows in the footsteps of her literary idols

Life Divided: Cherwell

Nicola Dwornik and Emma Leech express their love-hate relationship with Cherwell

Food diary: the bagel shops of Beijing

Esmé Curtis recalls swapping bagels for baozi when settling into her new home

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

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