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Oxford meets Hackney meets Mexico City: Bigfoot reviewed

I kept noticing this decidedly cool bar a little way down the Cowley Road. With fairy-lights strung across its wooden terrace and ‘Bigfoot’ scrawled in playful letters across the glass, it seemed slightly out of place on Cowley Road.

Food Nancy Robson -

Gen Z and Oxford: Nihilism inside the bubble

We all know that Oxford can feel like a bubble. Every day brings new challenges and new deadlines, to the extent that a week can pass in an instant and there is just no time to peek outside of the blinkered existence of tutorials and the occasional pub trip. But this tunnel vision can become restrictive, and even self-perpetuating.

Lifestyle Natalie Conboy -

The (family) stories hiding in plain sight

Like many people, I used to zone out when my parents started talking about family history.

Lifestyle Amy Lawson -

A body of one’s own: Medical mystery in the modern age

Recently, I found myself marooned in that most demoralising of places, the NHS waiting list. I was soon falling down the rabbit hole of catastrophisation, after succumbing to the inevitable temptation of googling my symptoms (it wasn’t looking good).

Lifestyle Beatrix Arnold -

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 Â£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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