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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,...

Lifestyle Rebecca Bushee -

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...

News Prity Laloux -

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...

Lifestyle Jessie Jukes -

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.

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Interviews from the inside

As this year’s interviews draw to a close, Alex Stronell reflects on his experiences working as an admissions helper (and has a minor rant about cocky interviewees)

Oxonians outside Oxford

Bex Watson learns about 90s hats, irony, and life on Varsity.

Cherwell’s Christmas Cocktail

Celebrate Christmas with this Canadian classic. Merry Christmas!

Oxford Media Society: Dinner with Lizo Mzimba

Niluka Kavanagh chats to Lizo about life in the Entertainment industry and her sacrilegious lack of knowledge about Harry Potter.

Bar Review: St Hilda’s

The Bar Review Team discovers a diamond in the rough of this architectural nightmare

Does cosmetic surgery have a positive psychological effect?

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Great Books, Good Looks

Fergus Morgan chats to Rich O'Grady, founder of The Oxford Book Club

Review: Le Kesh

Ching Lee has a fabulous night at a Moroccan restaurant on Cowley Road

Bar Review: St Anne’s

After a long trek up St Giles, the Bar Review Team have a great time at a severely underrated bar

Travel: 7th week MT

Breathing in Bangalore

Meet Amanda Berry: The brains behind Bafta

Sara Semic speaks to the CEO of Bafta about the bright future of cinema

Creaming Spires: 7th week MT

Ava Gina teaches us how to deal with that brief encounter

Bexistentialism: MT14 Week 6

Life is tough for this second year

Travel: 6th Week MT

Lola Seaton on her empire state of mind

It’s a cult life: through the lens of John Sweeney

Emma Cookson sits down with John Sweeney for a couple of pints and a chat about North Korea.

Review: The Jam Factory

Despite a rocky start, Ching Lee has a culinary feast at this art restaurant

Bar Review: Mansfield

This college bar proves to be not only disappointing but also the worst bar in Oxford

Creaming Spires: 5th week MT

Fifth week sees Ava Gina's passion for her subject rekindled

Review: Tea Rooms

Ching Lee visits St Hugh’s to test the Chinese food at the new Tea Rooms

Bar Review: Corpus Christi

A small, cosy bar is welcome after walking in the rain, but is it just a little too small?

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