Wednesday 22nd October 2025

Lifestyle

Oxford, gone decaf

When I was having lunch with a friend, I ordered my usual, a double espresso, and – horror of horrors – it was decaf. “Can I bully you a little...

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...

Review: Wagamama summer menu

Cherwell chows down with some tasty treats from Wagamama's seasonal menu

Procrastination Destination – Port Meadows

Lifestyle recommends lazy days spent out in the open on the edge of town

Interview: Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant talks to Alexia Millett about the show that made him a household name

Back to the Drawing Board

Cherwell checks out Pembroke's 'Before I Die' wall, the story behind it, and the dreams written on it

Procrastination Destination: Cherwell Boathouse

Lifestyle take you on a lazy trip down the river for this week's ultimate procrastination

Assassinations in Oxford

College Assassins: an insider's account of of the murderous game at Pembroke

Procrastination Destination: Oxford Ice Rink

Lifestyle take to the ice for a cooler form of procrastination this Trinity

How to… have a really great one night stand

Cherwell Lifestyle kick off their guide to leaving Oxford a well-rounded individual with 'How to have a really great one night stand'

Singing to the tune of…

Cherwell Lifestyle send two unsuspecting agents to spend a week with Oxford’s best loved acapella groups

Procrastination Destination: The Goldfish Bowl

This week, Lifestyle take a fishy trip down Cowley Road

Bantah about the Gap Yah

Xin Fan interviews Matt Lacey, of chundering YouTube fame

The Living Below the Line Diaries

As part of an international effort to raise awareness of extreme poverty, and money to fight it, Asia Lindsay takes up the challenge of living on £1 a day for a week

Having a Boulle with Francis

Greta Keenan meets Made in Chelsea’s very charming Francis Boulle

Procrastination Destination: The Oxford Hub

Lifestyle while away the time in Turl Street Kitchen, playing risk and making a difference

Matriculated Mummy

Vickie Morrish on how teenage motherhood prepared her for life at Oxford

Procrastination Destination: Blenheim Palace

Take a trip out of Oxford to while away that essay time at Blenheim Palace

Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Eleanor Bley-Griffiths talks to Lynn Barber, interviewer extraordinaire and author of An Education

Procrastination Destination: The Botanic Gardens

This week's haven for procastination - The Botanic Gardens

The Best of Britain

Cherwell Lifestyle ventures to the far corners of the UK to find the best holiday destinations on our doorstep

Oh my Cod there’s a new sushi plaice in town!

Agnes Arnold-Forster reviews the covered market's newest eaterie

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