Friday 12th June 2026

Lifestyle

A love letter to my year abroad 

A year is a long time: enough to call a place home, enough to strip away the bright facade of newness. I’ve spent my year abroad at this university,...

Absence (and digicam photodumps) make the heart grow fonder: Nostalgia for Oxford

Last Michaelmas, as my friends and I were going through our photos from a...

Do ‘day in the life’ videos make us hate our own?

An alarm flashes on a phone screen: it’s 5am. A hand reaches out to...

A new kid on the matcha block: NEPA Coffee and Food review

In January 2025, Cherwell provided some guidance on this issue by offering the student body a definitive ranking of Oxford matcha. Since then, however, there have been some new developments.

Oxford helped me tackle anorexia

An anonymous contributor provides a positive look at Oxford's relationship with health.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 7

Life is rough for this second year

Bar Review: Pembroke

Pembroke's bar has its ups and downs

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 6

This week, Ava Gina has an enlightening conversation.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 6

Life is rough for this second year

BDSM helped me get over my rape

An anonymous contributor explains how she turned a corner with a new relationship

Will hope ever spring eternal?

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy visited two very different parts of the Palestinian territories

Bar Review: Lincoln

This week the Bar Review Team looks at this Turl Street treasure

What’s really going into your ball?

Tinting Stutter reveals the behind-the-scenes actions of a ball committee

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 5

Life is tough for this second year

The new revolution in body hair

Alannah Jones tackles societal norms around pubes

Bar Review: Christ Church

A disappointing evening is had at this college bar

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 4

Life is tough for this second year

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 4

This week, Ava deals with an embarrassing academic encounter

A beginner’s guide to foot fetishism

Rhiannon Gibbs-Harris meets an unusual BDSM practitioner.

The highest sights of Tamil Nadu

Ione Wells talks to a member of an endangered community

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 3

Life is tough for this second year.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 3

This week Ava Gina deals with an old taboo.

Creaming Spires HT15 Week 2

This week, Ava Gina explores the perils of flirting.

Bexistentialism HT15 Week 2

Life is tough for this second year

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