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Rishi Sunak to join Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government

Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is taking a job at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government as a member of the World Leaders Circle and Distinguished Fellow after he resigned as Conservative Party’s leader last July.
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Oxford University study calls for a serious rethink of mental health services

A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford and...
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Medieval kitchen discovered during Oriel renovations

A once-in-a-century excavation of Oriel College has led to the discovery of the remains of a medieval kitchen and part of the city’s Saxon-era walls
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Opinion

If private schools were abolished, everyone would win

Laurence Cooke -
Attending a state comp gives you a greater sense of perspective.

In defence of the History Admissions Test

Whilst the History Faculty is right to reconsider how it implements the HAT, scrapping it won’t do any good.
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It’s time for a new view on college disparities

If we lived on the sterilised campus of one great identikit 'Oxford University', we should all imagine ourselves to be less fortunate.
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Cut the job chat

It’s Michaelmas term of my final year. The days are short, my patience even shorter, and every conversation seems to circle back to the...
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Not everyone needs – or ought – to go to university

Zagham Farhan -
Student Finance is a truly wonderful thing. But it comes at a massive cost.

Features

Smoke and mirrors: Oxford’s changing smoking culture

Jack Leader -
Behind a constant veil...

Intoxtigation 2024: Merton drinks least, Christ Church most, and two thirds tipsy around tutors

Laurence Cooke and Victoria McKinley-Smith -
In an Oxford first, the Cherwell Features team gathered data from 1,250 students on all things drinking.

Bridging the gap to a better clubbing scene

Anna Crowley -
Oxford's monopolised club scene dampens the creativity and expression of young artists.

What Gisèle Pelicot can teach us about student consent workshops 

Victoria McKinley-Smith -
"Consent is not just a rule dictated in an isolated workshop."

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Books

Review: The Proof of My Innocence by Jonathan Coe

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There are some writers whose...
Film

Gladiator II: A lack-lustre return to Rome

With Gladiator II, Ridley Scott returns to the streets of imperial Rome not in triumph, but to decidedly muted applause.
Joseph Andrews -
Theatre

Review: Moth – ‘An unabashed, piercing piece of theatre’  

An acute attention to detail marks Moth as a standout in the world of student theatre.
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Film

Review: The Outrun

The Outrun Review: Choosing recovery in a wild place
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Lifestyle

Kissing my husband? Groundbreaking.

Chloe Smith -
My boyfriend and I are married!! For over two years now, wow - what...

Sport

Women’s Blues carve out ski victory at varsity

Sebastian Page -
Recent years have seen Cambridge...

Skills, Thrills, and the X20

Sebastian Page -
Having decided that sporting mediocrity will always triumph over academic success, I quickly bin that off and pore over the events of the game...

When you want to play sports but you’re lowkey just a chill guy

Laurence Raran -
...it’s easy, at least for me, to prefer the comfort of sitting down in a warm library over going out into the cold to run about in a field or on a ground.

Growth, but at what cost?

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It was a simple but clear signal; women’s football ‘isn’t football’. They were less important than the men, and so had to make do...

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