Wednesday 4th February 2026

Lifestyle

The dating bio’s obsession with Oxford

As Michaelmas drew to a close, a dramatic conversation about Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, finding his partner on a dating app prompted my friend and I to try a dating app for the first time in the UK.
Lifestyle Manya Singh -

A love letter to authenticity

Mirrors often occupy an uneasy place within the collective consciousness. A reflected replica of this world, not quite false, but not entirely real either.
Lifestyle Abigail Christie -

Not on the tour: An unconventional journey through Oxford

All tours are fundamentally flawed. Though they might be detailed and student-focused, they are utterly incapable of expressing what it is like to love Oxford.
Lifestyle Elouise Wills -

In defence of the default order: The Alternative Tuck Shop

There is no place in Oxford that my muscle memory takes me to more reliably than the Alternative Tuck Shop. This happens regardless of my state – still half-asleep, perhaps slightly hungover, or already late for class.
Lifestyle Luis Prenninger -
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Eliza Plowden finds this baking master-class a festive treat

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Tinder: The busy student’s dating solution?

Shallow or effective? After a term's use of the new dating app, Eleanor Bley Griffiths gives us her verdict.

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Liz English discusses meeting potential students, running semi-naked through college, and being mistaken for a tutor

Absence makes the heart (or rather, stomach) grow fonder

Tom Wood lists his Oxford Top 5 of places to eat, drink and be merry this Christmas

It’s that time of year again!

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The sex appeal of quizzing by Brasenose’s Ben Ralph

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Freddy the Fresher: Part Five

Freddy's idyllic sexual paradise is about to be shattered...
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