Thursday 20th November 2025

Lifestyle

Quod review

A landmark of the High Street, Quod boasts an opulent facade, its name reminding me of my doom on the way to my Latin lectures. And so, when they...

Never safe again: Consent and the college campus

CW: Sexual assault; mention of suicide. When you walk into college on the first day,...

Girlhood will not save you

I spent a good deal of time last summer trying to work out why...

Grieving in Oxford: Tips from a bereaved student

Grief touches all of us, and yet none of us in quite the same...

Bliss and despair

Daniel Kodsi engages in Borgesian reflection on the New Year

Christmas leftovers: Turkey Pie

Jonny Lawrence creates a festive pie to use up your old leftovers!

Battling food addiction: a personal account

Jonny Lawrence describes his personal battle with food addiction and compulsive overeating

The awkward sides of Christmas

Cameron Finlay discusses the cringe-worthy gifts that will make you appreciate those woolen socks your aunt gave you last year.

The darker sides of anuba

The dangers of falling victim to drink spiking on Bridge Thursdays

Imposter syndrome

Ben More discusses his self-doubts about being at Oxford

Bar Review: St. Cross

The Bar Review team head to St. Cross

Bar Review: New

The Bar Review team head to New

Recipe of the week: Leek and Potato Soup

Jonny Lawrence prepares for winter with this freezable and filling root-veg soup

Bar Review: Green Templeton

The Bar Review team head to this tiny grad college in North Oxford for a predictably poor night

Fashion food at the Rickety Press

Alys Key finds some Hipster gastronomy in Jericho’s backstreets

I Tried Burger King’s Black Burger

Sam Joyce goes to town on a Whopper

The Divine Cum-edy MT15 week 6

'My perfect man had an Oxford fetish, and my concrete 70s Brutalist building was just too much like normal student halls for him to get it up.'

Home or Roam: Brooklyn, heart of NYC

Lael Hines discusses brie, urine and vegan cafés in Brooklyn

Teetotalism on a Thursday night

Markus Beeken muses on Bridge and Mr Brightside, without the repercussive hangover

On brunch

Alys Key argues why brunch is the most stimulating meal

Home or Roam: Glasgow, a cultural mecca?

Trina Wilson argues Scotland’s second city is the UK’s hidden gem

Creaming Spires MT15 week 5

'I’ve always had a distinct penchant for Roman and Greek (non-Platonic) caves.'

A guide to unblocking grandad

Cherwell Life reveals how to hide from your family on Facebook and why you shouldn’t

From Park End to paid employment, via Paris

Ella Bucknall discusses graduated life, complete with scabies and houseboats

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