Tag: life

I realised ... I was forging my own traditions in this city day-by-day

My pandemic summer was spent staring at a computer, but these were a startlingly productive and educational few months and, as with most exciting things in my unexciting life, it starts with a blank page.

Surely having that moment to celebrate and realise that “yes, I made it to f*cking Oxford during a worldwide crisis” seems quite affirming and in line with the Government’s message of being able to have a ‘proper University experience™’, whatever that means.

like landmines or arms holding someone they love

Men tend to ‘enter into’ the kitchen whereas women are understood to be already there.

‘I’d rather be doing anything, anything than this shit’, falls out between hysterical bouts of sobs – my Mum didn’t sign up for this....

Our CultCher and Life section editors have pooled their wide-ranging knowledge and have produced their picks for shows, albums, movies, books and lifestyle ideas...

At the end of Trinity last year, I honestly thought that second year was as good as it got. I had a good second...

I round the corner. The door is in sight. I make awkward eye contact with the person coming the other way down the path...

We talk about the rat race: the fiercely competitive struggle for success, the unrelenting battle we rage against our peers to come out on top. But...

Tabitha Traill on her experience working for free in the food industry.

Home is a feeling of control and safety, a sense of contentment and quiet, peaceful joy.

‘Yeah but it’s not a real college.’ Sound familiar? For us PPH dwellers it definitely does. Whether it’s a snobbish remark or, as is...

Only 8% of us actually stick to our New Year's resolutions