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Oriel unveils exhibition to ‘contextualise’ the legacy of Cecil Rhodes

An art exhibition designed to contextualise the legacy of Cecil Rhodes was unveiled at Oriel College on 3rd October. The exhibition features sculptures from Zimbabwean artists which were selected as part of a competition organised by the Oxford Zimbabwe...
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Opinion

Outreach shouldn’t stop at Hadrian’s wall

Guus Wijnne -
In a Britain that claims to be a “United” Kingdom, having only two-dozen Scottish state schoolers at its best university does much to foster division.

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.
Morien Robertson -

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.
Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy -

Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from the centre to more perilous waters? Recently, Brasenose students were threatened...
Chloe Smith -

The ‘S’ in ‘STEM’ stands for superiority complex

Poppy Littler-Jennings -
It’s high time we stopped arguing over which is more difficult, and instead started asking what STEM and the humanities can learn from each other.

Features

‘A constant negative spiral’: Students on Britain’s economic future

Subhan Aslam -
Four Oxford students sat down to share how they feel about the state of the UK. From pensions to the NHS and Brexit, their answers were frank, frustrated, and sometimes surprisingly hopeful about how Britain could change direction.

Drinking the political compass

Stanley Smith -
Oxford’s political societies cultivated generations of MPs and PMs. In an era of rising populism, a tour of their drinking events finds a drifting elite with few ideas.

The BNOC list 2025

Phoebe Davies, Laurence Cooke, and Satchel Walton -
It's finally here... the most famous names from this Oxford year

The Oxford offer holders trapped in Gaza

Stanley Smith -
Samah and Loay have scholarships to study at Oxford. After succeeding against the odds, they are unable to travel to begin their courses.

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Culture

Culture

Spike Lee’s lackluster remake: Highest 2 Lowest

Matthew Mair -
There is no reason why...
Art

One book, 500 years of art: The History of Art in One Sentence

★★★★☆ Former Wadhamite Verity Babbs has created a practical guide to the history of art – breaking away from the traditionally dense Oxford academic style. Comedian, writer, performer, and all-round...
Maxim Vorobev -
Culture

The Librarians (2025) at the Bodleian: reviewed

Kim A. Snyder’s The Librarians (2025) draws the audience into a pernicious web of censorship, repression, and culture-war collisions.  Embroiled in a fierce, sombre, and at times failing fight for...
Abigail Lakeland -
Culture

Be brave, Oxford: Let’s put creativity back in the creative arts

Welcome back, Oxford. While you were away preparing for the next academic year, or busy attending the Edinburgh Fringe, the facebook Oxford University Drama Society (OUDS) portal was readying...
Mair Andrews -

Lifestyle

The incandescent and the immovable

Ava Doherty -
I went to Ometepe in search of a view, but found something closer to...

Sport

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

Natalie Tan -
Thousands took to the streets...

England batter Canada to claim the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup

Tod Manners -
After consecutive final defeats in...

Oxford Handball’s historic season: From promotion to British Champions

João Matos -
The Oxford University Handball Club...

Away days for less than a tenner (plus hand luggage)

Oliver Sandall -
You probably know Prague as...

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