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Oxford meets Hackney meets Mexico City: Bigfoot reviewed

I kept noticing this decidedly cool bar a little way down the Cowley Road. With fairy-lights strung across its wooden terrace and ‘Bigfoot’ scrawled in playful letters across the glass, it seemed slightly out of place on Cowley Road.

Food Nancy Robson -

Gen Z and Oxford: Nihilism inside the bubble

We all know that Oxford can feel like a bubble. Every day brings new challenges and new deadlines, to the extent that a week can pass in an instant and there is just no time to peek outside of the blinkered existence of tutorials and the occasional pub trip. But this tunnel vision can become restrictive, and even self-perpetuating.

Lifestyle Natalie Conboy -

The (family) stories hiding in plain sight

Like many people, I used to zone out when my parents started talking about family history.

Lifestyle Amy Lawson -

A body of one’s own: Medical mystery in the modern age

Recently, I found myself marooned in that most demoralising of places, the NHS waiting list. I was soon falling down the rabbit hole of catastrophisation, after succumbing to the inevitable temptation of googling my symptoms (it wasn’t looking good).

Lifestyle Beatrix Arnold -

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

Oxford Odyssey: 30 colleges in one day

Francesca Anthony and Emily Cunningham narrate their Oxford mission

Diary of a… Blues Swimmer

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

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