Saturday 21st June 2025

Lifestyle

The sibling dilemma

Beatrix Arnold reflects on being one of five, how university changes family dynamics, and surprise gatherings at Bridge.

My friends and I ranked (almost) every college formal

Amanda Li rounds off her time in Oxford with an impressively comprehensive review of Oxford's formals: rating the good, the bad, and the inedible.

Wake of the Locks: Baldness, and mourning my hair

Ben O'Brien humorously reflects on his experience of having male pattern baldness at a young age

No sight of a finish line for the cult followers of running

It's hard not to notice the exponential growth of running as a hobby in recent years. It's similarly taken Oxford's student population by storm – Agastya Rao discusses his passion for the sport.

Surviving the ‘Crimbo Limbo’

Vickie Morrish gives a guide to making it through the Christmas period with your sanity intact

Travels in China

Harry Scholes shares some memories from the final third of his 9,000 mile journey to Hong Kong - by land

A student guide to Christmas shopping

Cherwell Lifestyle offer their advice to cash-strapped students who have left their present buying to the last minute

The big question: are you in or out?

Grace Goddard muses on the ins and outs of college highs and lows and housing woes

Walking in an indie wonderland

Francesca Wade talks Christmas with Andy Burrows of Razorlight and We Are Scientists fame

Fifth week in Oxford: blue or false?

Claire Castles reflects on the myths and realities of the mid term misery that we all love to hate

Shivering our timbers

Agnes Arnold-Forster and Beth McKernan swoon in the presence of everyone's favourite pirate

Forever young, I wanna be forever young

Helen Pye discusses the ethics and intricacies of eternal life with hirsute scientist Aubrey de Grey

Giraffe George Street: Review

Cherwell's editors spend yet more time together, eat too much and sample the delights Giraffe have to offer

Charity begins on the phone

Chloe Cornish gets chatty to charities and wonders where her donations are going.

Who needs a degree?

Libby Derbyshire tells us how it’s really best to utilise our time at university, by simultaneously climbing the social and career ladders

Cut-throat Cutrone talks strict business

Fashion hotshot and reality TV star Kelly Cutrone talks to Helen Pye about her unlikely rise to success and how ‘normal gets you nowhere’

Lifestyle Interview: the Hairy Bikers

The celebrity chef duo talk to Claire Castles about friendship, fresh food and feeding the elderly

It’s not all about the money

Vidhi Doshi tries to curb her excesses and survive on one pound a day for a week. But at what cost?

First year, second time around

Rebecca Loxton sees Freshers' Week through older and wiser eyes; postgrads have fun too you know

The hostess with the mostest

Adam Scott Taylor talks to Sayuki, the first Western geisha, about life on the inside of the flower and willow world

A stranger close to home

Claire Castles explores her native Ireland, camping her way down the east coast

Festivals: Do and Don’t

Matt Jones gives festival-goers his top tips from a summer of outings

Hello Stephen: Introducing leggy blonde, Steve Merchant, 36.

Award winning co-creator of The Office and Extras, Stephen Merchant is embarking on his first everstand-up comedy tour. I got in touch to discuss returning to the stage, service station cuisine, and playdates with Johnny Depp.

A Fresher’s Guide to Packing

Grace Goddard provides some handy tips on the Oxford eight-week packing saga for the incoming fresher

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