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The psyche behind a museum gift shop
Like most soon-to-be finalists, I spent the majority of my summer vacation after second year researching and preparing for my dissertation.
Lifestyle
Abigail Christie
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Acts of time, physical giving, and words of touch
Ask someone their love language, and they’ll probably have an answer. They might even pull out online test results.
Lifestyle
Sahana Narayan
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Cooking for friends: An apology, served hot
“It’s probably a bit bland,” my friend said tentatively in the first week of living out of college, just after they had put down a delicious plate of fish and rice.
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Eva Zielke
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Beyond the Rad Cam: My quest to visit all 22 Bodleian Libraries
Between March 2025 and October 2026, I visited all 22 Bodleian libraries, from the reading rooms of central Oxford to the obscure medical libraries.
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Jade Kosche
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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
It’s that time of year again!
The Lifestyle Team share some funny anecdotes about their experiences of Oxford interviews
The sex appeal of quizzing by Brasenose’s Ben Ralph
What happens when you get voted fifth sexiest University Challenge contestant of all time
Freddy the Fresher: Part Five
Freddy's idyllic sexual paradise is about to be shattered...
Freddy the Fresher: Part Four
Freddy finally plucks up the courage to ask out Bernadette: but will it all go to plan?
Bassam’s road to Brighton Peer
Tim Ellis talks to Lord Bassam about Lords reform, Twitter and squatting
Creaming Spires
This week's instalment of Creaming Spires sees the loss of virginity
Freddy the Fresher: Part Three
Freddy has an awkward run in at the Alternative Tuck Shop...
The Oxford Commute
The Dos and Don'ts of commuting into Oxford
Freddy the Fresher: Part Two
Our hapless hero discovers that life in the SSL can be rather exciting...
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