Lifestyle

Going to prison during the vacation: The secret lives of Oxford students

Over 150 hours of my Easter vac were spent inside the sturdy walls of one of His Majesty’s most secure men’s prisons – though fortunately I was able to go home at the end of the day.

Lifestyle Anonymous -

‘If he wanted to he would’: The problem with TikTok dating advice

This kind of advice doesn’t just set unrealistic expectations, but actively discourages real communication. Instead of having a conversation with our partners, we are encouraged to analyse, dissect, interpret, and ultimately to assume the worst.

Lifestyle Jessie Jukes -

How places are made: A meditation in the City of Love

Places are formed from memories etched into streets, from ghosts which dwell in between moments. They’re shaped by the dreams and aspirations which have been poured into quiet, hidden hollows, like that shop in Paris.

Lifestyle Rebecca Bushee -

The cult of radical self-love

You don’t need to understand the mechanics of a triple Axel to be able to see the pure, unfiltered joy on Liu’s face during her victorious Olympic free skate.

Lifestyle Nora Miles -

Creaming Spires: 1st Week Hilary

Ava finds a new way to save the pennies...

Review: The Fishes

Alex Bleasdale heads out of town for some New Year gluttony

Free booze (almost)

Andy Hamilton helps ease your overdraft

Review: Thirsty Meeples Board Game CafÃ©

Meeple: A character or object representing the player in a board game

Review: Red Star

Alex Bleasdale espouses the virtues of a firm Cowley favourite.

Review: Pierre Victoire

Good company, better wine and great food, says Alex Bleasdale

Creaming Spires: 0th Week Hilary

Oxford's most sex-perienced student brings us news of her latest sex-capade

Interview: Justine Roberts

India Miller talks to Justine Roberts about social media and its impact on politics

A resolution on resolutions

Amelia Anderson commiserates on resolutions we've probably already broken.

Letter from… Les Banlieues

Roseanne Chantiluke gets to grips with schoolkids in the Parisian estates

"Disproportionate coverage"?

How does the press treat drinking societies? C+ investigates

Creaming Spires: Michaelmas 0th Week

Ava Gina goes al fresco.

MT13: a fresher reflects

As the new year begins, fresher Sara Semic reflects on her first term in Oxford

Oxford’s 2013: the year in videos

This year has seen protests, firings, victories and defeats - Cherwell looks back over the biggest events of 2013

Review: Great British Bake Off Christmas Special

Eliza Plowden finds this baking master-class a festive treat

Oxford does Christmas: five of the best

With Christmas upon us, Cherwell brings you the University’s top festive offerings

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.

Varsity Review

An Oxbridge 'Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents'? One Varsity-goer reports from snow-capped Tignes

The other side of interviews

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

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