The Saintly Lives of Students
"There, there(‘s) a graveyard in the college where drunk students in funeral suits smile through tombstone teeth."
Hooked!
I never thought to pick up crochet. Other than a few lessons from my grandmother as a child, the thought didn’t cross my mind....
The Not So Secret History: moments of clarity
Is ‘happy fifth week’ a contradiction in terms? Either way, I hope yours isn’t going too badly. We’ve reached the stage in term where...
The Not So Secret History – The Party
I’m beginning to think a fortnightly column simply isn’t enough to cover everything that goes on in this house of mine. To give you...
Pedal to the metal
Oxford is a city ruled by cyclists. In this cycling paradise, pedestrians often find themselves swept up in the whirlwind of cyclists and tourists,...
The joys of room decorating
An Oxford term vanishes in the blink of an eye. So much happens in eight short weeks – time flies from the moment suitcases...
Some habits die hard: the truth about Oxford’s Coffee Culture
The baristas in Cornmarket Pret know my coffee order on sight. My friends rarely see me without a strong black Americano in hand. You...
Open Minds, Open Conversations: An Interview with the LOAF Podcast
I knew vaguely of the podcast run by four of my fellow Christ Church students before interviewing them for Cherwell. It takes hard work...
Prêt for Prêt
"Aside from being a place to caffeinate, Prêt has become a camouflaged Cupid, an uncharted Tinder."
A reflection on Freshers’ Week
A week of forgetting names, failing to log-in to Eduroam, and dressing up as a jigsaw puzzle: I’m pleased to find that freshers’ week...
Oxford University and the alienation of working students
"Working a job during university, it’s easy to become dissociated from both: always slightly excluded from the freedoms of non-working students, but never able to fully relate to the lives of coworkers."
So long, farewell: the UK’s decision to leave Erasmus
Like a parent disguising a plate of vegetables as a dessert, Johnson desperately promises, in true Trumpian fashion, a ‘bigger and better’ programme. See previous claims on a ‘world-beating’ track and trace scheme, if you need reminding of how boasts work out in this government.
Oxford SU Assessment Consultation results show little agreement between students
The Oxford Student Union has released the results of the Teaching and Assessment Student Consultation (TASC) which received a total of 5462 submissions. This...
This House Believes Oxford University is Defined by its Students
Jack Glynne-Jones and Joseph Mochhoury debate whether Oxford University is defined by its students or if it is the other way around.
