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Reading political autobiographies, so you don’t have to

Publishing a book has long been a trend for those leaving government in the UK. Memoirs and autobiographies are naturally intriguing, offering us the promise of a peek behind...

Night porters: Student safety jeopardised at University College

Your college matters. It can define everything – from the state of your accommodation...

Tutorials and the art of the blag

Oxford is a unique place to study at an undergraduate level. Its centuries-long history...

Why you should be political

Many of us have been told that the only political thing we must always...

Far-right populism spreads to Portugal

The Portuguese elections in March delivered not only a resounding rejection of the corruption-riddled...

South America’s Cash Crop

Where student drug-of-choice cocaine comes from

Interview: Tom Phillips

Britain's Ambassador to Israel is reinvigorating the peace process

Oxide runs out of breath

Is this the end for Oxford student radio?

Dishing out the dirt

Political memoirs are rarely what they seem

Democracy in Africa

What have fifty years of freedom achieved?

Interview: Joseph Nye

The West's future is brighter than pundits think

A Candle in the Wind

Does protest really make a difference?

Dawkins, Einstein, and God

Scientists are wilfully misquoted in the fight against God-bashing

A Bad Week

Creating human-animal hybrid embryos opens a Pandora's box

No strings attached

A more considered approach to aid for Burma

Ethical equity

Sara-Christine Gemson tries to reconcile corporate profits and corporate promises

Douglas Hurd

Thatcher's former Foreign Secretary talks to Rhian Harris about the Tories then and now

A grave injustice

Richard Rawlings questions the 'pornography of poverty'

Another Cuban revolution?

The softly-softly approach to revolutionary reform

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