Lifestyle

Being loved in a loveless environment

Ava Doherty reflects on university friendships – and laments how it can often feel like a loveless environment

A homely solution to stress

Sometimes the strangest methods are the most effective.

Ssh…here’s the debrief on gossip.

Gossip – does it have redeemable qualities, or is it simply inexcusable? Amy Lawson discusses.

Zero social anxiety?

Tiktok is helping us see what it might be like to have no social anxiety. But is complete disinhibition something we should all aspire to?

Interview: tasting heaven with chocolatier Brandt Maybury

Phoebe Hunt talks to Brandt Maybury, Taste Specialist at Green & Blacks about fair-trade, decadence, and what exactly goes into making the perfect bar of chocolate. PLUS: Exclusive easy recipe for Green & Blacks Organic Sea Water Truffles

It’s Not All Hummus and Halloumi, You Know

One year after returning from Jordan, Jonny Lawrence looks back at all the Middle Eastern foods he can't live without.

France: Qu’est-ce que c’est?

Catherine Turner evaluates what life is like working as an English au pair

What not to do at a music festival

An inconclusive guide for you to print out and tape to your rucksack

My relationship status revelation

How being at university reveals the single-taken continuum

Who is ‘Horn’?

Cherwell brings you the latest on Marginalia’s mystery man

Chilli and Coriander Cauliflower

Jonny Lawrence cooks up a cauliflower classic. Fried and spiced, this side dish works perfectly well as a main or as a starter!

Hello, Myanmar!

And goodbye to the cocktail buckets of Chiang Mai and the ping pong shows in Bangkok

Surviving in Shanghai

An adventurous Yorkshireman chronicles his internship in China's largest city

Keeping fit over summer

A beginner's guide to getting them sweet gains over the long vac

Making love fun

One contributor considers whether relationships actually are worth the drama in the Oxford bubble

All alone in India

What to expect when you do an internship abroad: the highs, the lows and the cockroaches

Brasserie Blanc: sweet and swank

Celebrate surviving another term at this chic French restaurant

Mental health first aid: the basics

Marco Narajos discusses first response training for mental health issues

How to…Escape Park End

Cherwell Life offers advice on all your most pressing Oxford problems

Diary of a…Student Journalist

Cherwell peers into the weekly lives of Oxford's most famous characters

Creaming Spires TT15 Week 7

This week we divert away from Grindr to hear about a messy club hookup

Why I Refrigerated My Poo

An anonymous contributor narrates their profitable fortnight on a clinical typhoid trial

Bar Review: Merton

The bar’s cheap, but easily beaten by any of the high street pubs

How to…Become a BNOC

Cherwell Life offers advice on all your most pressing Oxford problems