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Blackfriars Fellow created a Cardinal by Pope Francis

News Bryn Mollet -
Timothy Radcliffe, a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, was created a Cardinal by Pope Francis at a ceremony at the Vatican on 7th December, making him one of four current English Cardinals.

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Features

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.

The students working to tackle homelessness

Subhan Aslam -
It's an odd sensation to be at one of the richest universities in the world, whose city nonetheless has so many people in need of help.

A whistle-stop tour of Oxford’s women’s societies

Sophie Lyne -
What can all these women’s societies be fighting for? To find out, I spoke to eight of their presidents. 

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Sangria

Victoria McKinley-Smith -
Compared to Barcelona, Oxford may not be swarming with sun-seekers, but it faces its own unique set of challenges.

Oxford’s long vacation vexation

Thomas Armstrong -
How to explain the notoriously overworked Oxford student’s counter-intuitive desire for more time spent studying? The answer lies deeper than a simple enthusiasm for hitting the books.

Profiles

Shashi Tharoor, UN diplomat, novelist, politician, and historian, speaks to Cherwell about his work and career

Hassan Akram -
Dr Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer, and former diplomat. He has written twenty-six books spanning history, politics, biography, religion, literary criticism, fiction, and more. He was a UN diplomat for twenty-nine years from 1978 and ran as Secretary-General in 2006. As a Congress Party MP in India...

Rory Stewart on populism, podcasting, and why he left the Bullingdon Club

Hassan Akram -
Rory Stewart has been an academic, podcaster, writer, diplomat and politician. He read PPE at Balliol. While an undergraduate, he tutored Princes William and Harry, and attended a meeting of the Bullingdon Club. He has written several acclaimed books, including Occupational Hazards, an account of his time as a...

Alan Johnson on his time as Home Secretary, raising tuition fees, and why he loves Harold Wilson

Hassan Akram -
"This idea that higher education should be completely free is ludicrous."

Baroness Janet Royall: “We’ve got to always search for new ways of bringing people in and for breaking down those perceptions of elitism”

Madelina Gordon -
Baroness Jan Royall is a British Labour Party politician and currently, the Principal of Somerville College. She has been an MP, a member of the House of Lords, and Leader of the House of Lords. Cherwell spoke to her about her candidacy for Chancellor of Oxford University.  Cherwell: Being Oxford...

Culture

Gladiator II: A lack-lustre return to Rome

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

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

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

Review: The Outrun

Dan Paling -
The Outrun Review: Choosing recovery in a wild place

Defiance: Racial Injustice, Police Brutality, A Sister’s Fight for the Truth by Janet Alder

Asma Issa -
At Oxford’s Wesley Memorial Church, Janet Alder offered a harrowing and unflinching account of resilience in the face of systemic injustice.

Life

Oxford cured my perfectionism

Stella Clark -
So the Oxford workload, rather than triggering a stress response, has instead desensitised me to the fear of academic failure. Exposure therapy, I suppose. It’s very freeing.

Home, and how to find it

Amy Seal -
It seems like life after university is a journey to find our way home, whatever that means.

Three Thousand reasons to slurp

Amanda Li -
I thought the place was great, especially as a very quick sit down option.

Christmas mourning

Freddie Sweet -
This will be my second Christmas without presents wrapped in wallpaper, and gift tags with clues on them rather than names...

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