Tuesday 12th May 2026

Lifestyle

Going to prison during the vacation: The secret lives of Oxford students

Over 150 hours of my Easter vac were spent inside the sturdy walls of one of His Majesty’s most secure men’s prisons – though fortunately I was able to go home at the end of the day.
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‘If he wanted to he would’: The problem with TikTok dating advice

This kind of advice doesn’t just set unrealistic expectations, but actively discourages real communication. Instead of having a conversation with our partners, we are encouraged to analyse, dissect, interpret, and ultimately to assume the worst.
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How places are made: A meditation in the City of Love

Places are formed from memories etched into streets, from ghosts which dwell in between moments. They’re shaped by the dreams and aspirations which have been poured into quiet, hidden hollows, like that shop in Paris.
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The cult of radical self-love

You don’t need to understand the mechanics of a triple Axel to be able to see the pure, unfiltered joy on Liu’s face during her victorious Olympic free skate. 
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From cocaine to porcelain: how one homeless person escaped crime

Michael Jacobs meets one of Oxford's many homeless people to hear his life story, from crime to happiness to the streets.

Mirror synesthesia

Verity Crane examines the unusual phenomenon of suffering from too much empathy

The reality of homelessness in Oxford and the imperative of helping

William Rees-Mogg discusses the city’s problem and the efforts to address it

A night at the clubs: Hypnotize

James Lamming is put in a trance by the Isis' budget-friendly club night

How to beat Fifth Week blues

Richard Birch and Cat Bean discuss nine ways to relax amidst the Oxonian madness

Gym diary: start getting your fitness back on track (and maybe even keep it that way too)

Today is the day. 20 years of questionable diet habits and lethargy have left you tubby. Three years of vegetarianism have left you puny—or...

Letters from abroad: Nîmes

In his generation-defining novel Fiesta (or The Sun Also Rises),Hemingway exalts the passion and courage on display in the Spanish corridas of Pamplona. Yet,...

Town versus gown: a view from the fence of the age-old divide

Coming to Oxford was an overwhelming experience of excruciating pain, tears and much fussing around me; so much of all this that I hardly...

What animal is your degree?

Nicola Dwornik defends humanities degrees against the charge of apparent laziness

A night at the clubs: Two Doors Down @ The Cellar

Two Doors Down's indie extravaganza leaves James Lamming hungry for more

Letter from abroad: Kobe

Matt Day talks nature and modernity living side by side in Kobe

I will be spoken, on people’s lips: and, famous through all the ages, I shall live

Jamie Onslow mourns the final hurrah of an aged stalwart of the Oxford clubbing scene

A night at the clubs: Disco Ma Non Troppo

Jamie Onslow is satisfied by Disco Ma Non Troppo's offering at the Bullingdon

Letter from abroad: Yaroslavl

Emma Helm praises public transport in the Russian city of Yaroslavl

Restaurant review: Moya, a taste of Slovakia

Slovakian cuisine surpasses Oliver Bealby-Wright's expectations at this modern St Clement's Street restaurant

Dialectical difficulty on a Vienna year abroad

Laura Herd discusses dialectic difficulties during a year in the beautiful Vienna, Austria

A night at the clubs: Bridge Thursday

Richard Birch writes for Cherwell Life about a nearly catastrophic night at Thursday Bridge

Mental health: awareness and beyond

Richard Birch reflects on a conversation about mental health with Alastair Campbell

“Cigarettes and Alcohol”

An enduring classic, or now a relic of rebellious times gone by?

Letter from abroad: Amman

Miranda Woods writes about her experience living in Amman, the capital of Jordan
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