Saturday 17th January 2026

Lifestyle

Going analogue: exploring the aesthetic of curation

If you’ve been paying attention to any kind of media recently, you’ll have noticed it already. The next trend, apparently, is “going analogue”.

The ghosts of the King’s Arms’ past, present, and future

Ever felt a supernatural presence hovering over you in what claims to be Oxford’s...

The Gee’s knees: Brunch in North Oxford

Good things often come in threes. Having reviewed both Parsonage Grill and Quod, it...

The luxury of political ignorance

PPE at Oxford is often seen as a one-way track to ending up in...

Clunch Review: University College

Anora and Elise are let down by an aggressively al dente deathbed of rice

Recipe: The Ultimate Grilled Cheese

This is hands-down one of the most comforting and easy snacks – the standard cheese on toast pales in comparison to this classic New...

Oxford in Summer

Eight things you have to do this Trinity Term

Profile: Mary Berry

After taking my seat towards the back of the Union debating chamber, uncertain whether Cherwell would be able to interview Mary Berry, the illustrious...

Easy Kitchen-Free Recipes

First year at university can be hard. Away from home, clueless freshers are forced to fend for themselves, getting to grips with the unusual...

Clunch Review: St Hugh’s

Elise and Anora find they are not overwhelmed by the clunch at Hugh's

Recipe: Breakfast Bircher Bowl

A nutritious and tasty on-the-go breakfast!

Best cafés for studying in Oxford

Pret a Manger: Usefully situated at the top of Cornmarket, this is an ideal place to work. There are a few seating areas to choose...

The Oxonian Dandy

Fashion. Clothing. Two independent and not-necessarily-linked concepts. But I find myself asking, what is the point of one without the other? Championing the two,...

Turn it off

Anna Wawrzonkowska urges us to switch off from the internet and switch off from Oxford this vacation

In defence of online nudity

When Snapchat first emerged, it prompted some mixed responses. “Why ever,” I heard a friend’s mother ask, “would someone want to send a photo...

An Oxford student’s guide to Wales

Rachel Evans wants to clarify a few things about the Welsh Nation

Recipe: Creme Egg brownies

An Easter recipe for chocolate heaven

Barefoot Café: Let Them Eat Cake

Mabel Whitchurch ventures to the sugary heights of Jericho

Distancing yourself from reality

Markus Beeken tells us his experiences of being in a long distance relationship at uni

I need to sort my shit out

Hugo McPherson faces up to his secret sleepwalking habit

Everyone say ‘Yah’ to a ‘Gap Yah’

Christian Bell thinks everyone should go on a gap year, even if it won’t change your life

No whine about no wine

Niluka Kavanagh tells us about her positive experience of dry January

Turns out I ‘reely’ cannot dance

Christian Bell tells us about his experience of the Oxford Reeling Ball

Clunch Review: Wadham

Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull is in for a nasty shock.

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