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The only thing missing from this bean was chocolate

If there were a smell I could capture, bottle up, and treasure forever, it would be the toasty and heartening smell of cacao roasting in the morning.

Hidden in plain sight: the bakery behind Oxford’s café counters

You may not know the name, but you have almost certainly eaten the pastry. Does the bakery behind Oxford’s favourite cafés hold its own at the counter?

Why are we so afraid of being bored?

We’ve come to think of boredom as an inevitable but unpleasant gap between activities, or as space to fill, but we’ve stopped seeing that space as worthwhile in itself.

Corn-ish at Oxford: A reflection on identity

Cornish folk are few and far between at Oxford. As a Cornishman myself (albeit half Cornish), I can vouch for how little people know of our nation.

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

Creaming Spires TT15 Week 6

This week, one guy describes the pleasures of relinquishing control

Will’s Deli is deli-cious!

Laura Field enjoys finding the light in this shadowy hippie haven

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