Sunday, March 9, 2025

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Reflections on the perils of overthinking

here is a lot to be said for blind positivity. On a good day, I’m a manifester, a big believer in my ability to speak things into existence. During my English A-Level, I had complete confidence that the crystals hidden in my bra would provide enough luck to snag me an A*. Today, I put great faith in words, relying on the same ‘I can do it’ that gets Olympic athletes across the finish line, to help me through difficult situations.

The fourth year: Oxford after your year abroad

I’m now in my fourth year, and as such, must grapple with the reality of my Oxford days drawing to a close. Granted, this is something that every student must contend with, and I watched on as most of my friends bade a fond farewell to this city where our friendships began when they graduated last summer. Yet there is something about the fourth year that I’m certain makes the final year even more strange: a sense of something already lost, of living in a moment that has already passed.

An evening at Pierre Victoire: French bistro dining at its best

Pierre Victoire has been here on Little Clarendon Street for decades – one of...

Being Cupid isn’t easy: What I learned from a term of running Cherpse

Now, having exhausted myself with these relentless pursuits, the job has been passed on to a new bright-eyed Cupid, and in my retirement I’ve become fondly reflective, and decided to curate my insights into this list: 

Creaming Spires: 6th Week Hilary

Ava Gina experiences the worst kind of come-down

Cherwell Culture Tries… Sushi

Matt Broomfield bites off more octopus testicles than he can chew

Freddy the Fresher – 6th week Hilary

Freddy forays into far-left activism

Interview: Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero

Victoria Lampard and Max Long talk to The Room's Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero

Creaming Spires: 5th Week Hilary

Ava Gina questions how much really need to know about your recent pull

Freddy the Fresher: 5th Week Hilary

Freddy basks in the glory of his new-found fame

"So, could Jesus come back as a woman?"

Last week's Text-a-Toastie gets Liz English thinking beyond Cherwell, work and Park End

Interview: MJ Delaney

Erin Goldfinch talks to rising director MJ Delaney about her break into film making

Creaming Spires: 4th Week Hilary

Ava Gina considers the benefits of 'flicking the bean'

Freddy the Fresher 2014: Part 5

Freddy storms to victory on University Challenge

Review: Atomic Pizza

Alex Bleasdale revisits an old Cowley favourite

Bridget Jones on Valentine’s Day

Sara Semic contemplates flying solo on February 14th

Hollie McNish interview

Amelia Anderson talks to performance poet Hollie McNish about the politics of poetry

Freddy the Fresher 2014: Part 4

Freddy recalls an amorous encounter in typically theatrical fashion

Creaming Spires – 3rd week Hilary

Guest columnist Hugh Japenis reflects on a lad's holiday of sun, sex and busty Bavarian

Freddy the Fresher 2014: Part 1-3

Freddy's adventures in Oxford continue in this uncut collection of the first three entires of Hilary

Review: Yeti

Alex gives Nepalese cuisine a go

In Defence of Horseradish

Tom Wood makes a case for this British classic

Creaming Spires: 2nd Week Hilary

Ava has an international sexperience

An Ode to Procrastination

Chloe Ingersent celebrates the ultimate library companion...a good dose of procrastination

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