Tuesday 31st March 2026

Lifestyle

An amateur’s guide to being chronically ill at university

In a job interview, I could describe myself as "resilient”, “adept at multitasking”, and “highly organised”. What is yet to be a LinkedIn badge is actually my most developed...

Flânerie for Two: On the Lost Art of Doing Nothing Together

“Order of operations, vacuum first or last when cleaning your apartment?” The question comes...

All roads lead to bagels: Green Routes review

Don’t get me wrong, I love my college. I’d proudly defend it against most criticisms. But it does have one major flaw: the absence of Sunday Brunch. So, to overcome this tragedy, and in the hope of appeasing my hangover with some much needed sugar, I headed out last week to the Green Routes Café in Cowley.

All (college) creatures great and small

Growing up, the loving companionship of animals had been a constant for me – a living, breathing reminder that life is worth treasuring and slowing down for. Yet, now separated by hundreds of miles, at university the happiness I had felt amongst my animals began to dissipate. That is, until I saw the cat tree in my college lodge and heard the tip-tapping of four paws across the wooden floor.

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.

Creaming Spires: the start of term

Our brand spanking new columnist Penny Tration delves into the murky world of Oxford sex so you don't have to

The Routine – Collections

As Lifestyle bids farewell to The Routine, Alex Bleasdale prepares us for the inevitable(ish).

Edinburgh DO: not just a bunch of hippies

Alexandra Bleasdale uses her vacation to try and make a change

All Your Easter Eggs In One Basket

Cherwell reviews some of the best and the worst Easter Eggs on the market.

Interview: Lenny Henry

Bethan Tabram talks to comic turned actor Lenny Henry about his latest challenging role

Travel Blog: Moscow in March

Maybe try St Petersburg instead...

Top 10 Internship Mistakes

Bethan Tabram ruminates on the most common blunders that we all make whilst on those coveted internships.

The Hot Pursuit

Oxford's own Bridget Jones gets a stalker courtesy of Fate

Top Ten Things Not to Do on Mother’s Day

Lifestyle reveals the potential pitfalls that won’t impress Mummy on her special day.

This is the way I live now

Ben Stamp tells his friend’s story about enduring a failing heart with a strong spirit

Corridor Creeper

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on those awkward in-college walks of shame

Interview: Raymond Blanc

Laura French talks to Raymond Blanc about food, the French, the future, and...fish fingers

Give me horse meat any day

Nastassia Dhanraj looks at some of the weirder cuisine the world has to offer

Be my bloody Valentine

Oxford's own Bridget Jones bags herself a V-Day date on Take Me Out

Middle-Aged-Man-Band?

Harriet Smith Hughes chats with Police Dog Hogan about juggling professional careers and urban bluegrass

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