Tuesday 21st October 2025

Lifestyle

How to survive Oxford

Welcome to Oxford, the place where ambition goes to drink, cry, and write 3,000 words on “liminality” at 3 a.m.

The incandescent and the immovable

I went to Ometepe in search of a view, but found something closer to...

“Have you heard the new Laufey album?”

We all know the type, or at least the meme. The tote-bag sporting, wired-headphone...

The maddening art of procrastination

In delaying and avoiding writing this piece, I am succumbing to exactly what many...

The Cherwell Profile – Jacqueline Gold

Catherine Edwards discusses female empowerment and Fifty Shades with Ann Summers CEO Jacqueline Gold

Life in vanilla

A personal account of tackling depression at Oxford

Renaissance Man: Week Five

Quentin Mann outsources his procrastination overseas

Creaming Spires: Week Five

Penny Tration gets down and dirty with the ultimate taboo

Interview: Dan Snow

Eleanor Bley Griffiths talks to Dan Snow about broadcasting, history and why apps are the future

Renaissance Man: Week Four

Quentin Mann samples some illegal 'reconstituted alcohol'

Creaming Spires: Week Four

Penny Tration gets naughty on Skype - and likes it

Come donate with me

Bethan Tabram explains why you should join the dinner party revolution

Food for Finalists

Nastassia Dhanraj on what to eat during exams to stay healthy and energized.

The Case for Homebrew

Joseph Cock brings you his opinion on the oft-forgotten pastime of homebrewing.

Let sleeping students lie

Catherine Edwards explores the importance of getting your forty winks

Interview: The Rubberbandits

Tim Ellis talks to the cult Irish comedy favourites

Renaissance Man: Week Three

Quentin Mann talks about bands so obscure they don’t ‘objectively’ exist

Creaming Spires: Week Three

Penny Tration asks if the X-rated position really rates at all

Has Your (Intern)Ship Sailed?

Cherwell Lifestyle explores an alternative way to spend the vac - working on a minimum wage.

Interview: Anya Reiss

Sybil Devlin meets one of the UK's most promising playwrights

Creaming Spires: Week Two

Penny Tration gets her head around the art of foreplay

Interview: Taavet Hinrikus

Jessica Hao talks money with one of the hottest start-up companies around

A Darker Shade of Brown

Rowan Borchers talks to Derren Brown about magic, fear and insecurity

Life in the big smoke

Tom Goulding gives a run-down of the good and the bad of London's boroughs.

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