Tuesday 2nd December 2025

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Hague to confer nine honorary degrees to celebrate first year in office

Lord William Hague has announced the conferral of nine honorary degrees to mark his first year as Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The degrees will be awarded during a special ceremony on 24th February, or at the University’s...
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Opinion

We must separate Church and University

Lilly Law -
Financially, culturally, and quasi-judicially, the Church of England remains part of the furniture in both the city and the University.

Oriel’s Rhodes exhibition is not enough

The exhibition's portrayal of Rhodes’ actions and the Rhodes Must Fall movement are trivialising and disrespectful.
Ti-Jean Martin -

This is Oxford’s real free speech problem

The Vice-Chancellor's Sheldonian Series reveals a university that does not want to listen to what its students have to say.
Stanley Smith -

The Vice-Chancellor’s oration lacks a story

Professor Tracey's attempt to not ruffle any feathers produced a speech full of contradictions.
Finlo Cowley -

It’s time we woke up to the failures of the NUS

Archie Johnston -
The Cambridge SU's disaffiliation is a reminder that the National Union of Students is not fit for purpose

Features

Is the future of student protest set in stone? 

Lilly Law -
Niamh Lynch did not expect to attract international attention during Trinity term of her...

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Profiles

Culture

Culture

A comical approach to a classic text: ‘Hedda Gabler’ reviewed

Charlie Bailey -
Tiptoe Productions’ Hedda Gabler, co-directed...
Culture

‘Lux’ by Rosalía review: A breath of fresh air

'The Latin title ‘Lux’ perfectly embodies the concept and overall aesthetic of divine femininity, as well as the multilingual aspects that run throughout the work. With complex and meaningful lyrics written in 13 languages, and split into four movements, the record is a breath of fresh air for the pop scene'.
Imogen Forrest -
Books

Illuminating American conservatism: William F Buckley’s biography, reviewed

The ornate, Latinate vocabulary. The debates peppered with witticisms. The patrician air, the untraceable accent, the playful glint in his eyes.  William F. Buckley was arguably the most influential American...
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Culture

The Magdalene Songs: Giving a singing voice to victims

★★★★★ Trigger warning: abuse Modern slavery, abuse, and human rights violations are not something you would usually expect to be tackled in an evening of classical music. Yet Deidre Brenner, pianist...
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Lifestyle

It’s beginning to look a lot like Oxmas

Elizabeth Bourn -
I begin listening to Christmas soundtracks in September. I theorise decorations in October and,...

Sport

50 years of women’s cross-country Varsity

Alice Rubli -
The 50th anniversary of women’s...

The inescapable exhaustion of the tennis season 

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
The fatigue is inescapable as...

Inside the little-known world of Oxford’s real tennis club

Natalie Tan -
Real tennis? What, as opposed...

Ethics versus economics: The WTA Finals in Riyadh

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
I am a tennis aficionado....

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