Tuesday 3rd February 2026

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Hague speaks at Oxford Politics Society

Chancellor Lord William Hague addressed students at a keynote event hosted by the Oxford Politics Society last Thursday, warning of a “new chapter in the history of the world”.
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British students simply can’t afford postgraduate study at Oxford

Laurence Cooke -
Zero kroner. That’s exactly how much EU students pay for masters study at the University of Copenhagen. It’s not been the best start to...

Criticisms of Oxford slang aren’t really about language

Sub fusc, college marriages, BOPs, sconcing, Prelims, the Bod: Oxford boasts a unique catalogue of words and phrases. Some would critique them as elitist...
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Why you should talk to your scout more

Quite apart from our academic work, students at Oxford University lead a life very different to that of students at other institutions, a fact...
Tarana Varma -

Livin’ la vida Lidl

Though I still have reservations about milk from Lidl – I swear it tastes different – and the eggs from Aldi look to me dull and pale, I can put aside these quibbles as I admit to the allure of a £1 bag of courgettes. All this to say: Oxford’s city centre needs a discount supermarket.
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New year, same me?

Freya Robson -
Whether it be exercise, relaxation, or the oh-so-naïve ‘Dry January’, the idea of resolution-making is one that has become redundant.

Features

Between halls and helplines: Oxford’s eating disorder culture

Leo Jones -
In a university where excellence is expected and discipline is praised, disordered eating can hide in plain sight. As concerns grow, how effectively is Oxford confronting the culture and systems that allow it to persist?

15-minutes of fame: the legacy of Oxford’s traffic policy protests

Eden Smith -
Oxford City Council approved their Local Plan to make Oxford a 15-minute city on 14th September 2022. In response, conspiracy theorists organised a mass protest. With some of the new traffic regulations now in place, it’s time for a deep dive into the conspiracist movement and its sunset legacy in Oxford. 

£17,000 on grass, redacted files, and 250,000 parcels: Cherwell’s 2025 FOI review

Gaspard Rouffin -
As the Cherwell Investigations...

‘Making Politics Political Again’: Student left turns away from Labour

George Heeley -
In the miserable rain of last November, I found myself queuing at the Cowley Workers Social Club for a Your Party meeting at which Jeremy Corbyn was set to speak.

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Culture

Books

Rory Stewart’s ‘Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders’ in review

Hassan Akram -
Middleland (2025) is not his masterpiece, but it is as much worth reading as any of his work – erudite, perceptive, and beautifully written.  
Culture

A breakdown in technicolour: ‘Company’ in review

With flashing lights and a shower of confetti, Fennec Fox Productions’ Company bursts onto the Playhouse stage to deliver its exuberant portrayal of romantic pessimism, just in time for Valentine’s Day. 
Beatrix Arnold -
Books

Lost and found: The art of translation

Translation should be more than mechanic substitution. It demands that the translator acts as a conduit, conveying the intricacies of emotion, style, and intention, while negotiating the hurdles of linguistic complexity.
Beatrix Arnold -
Culture

‘An enormous amount of humour’: ‘Lemons’ review

Lighthouse Productions’ debut project delivered a fast paced, hilarious version of Sam Steiner’s script. Even the argumentative scenes prompted laughs.
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Lifestyle

The dating bio’s obsession with Oxford

Manya Singh -
As Michaelmas drew to a close, a dramatic conversation about Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York City, finding his partner on a dating app prompted my friend and I to try a dating app for the first time in the UK.

Sport

Publicity or progression: The Battle of the Sexes 

Gavriella Epstein-Lightman -
Women’s tennis does not need exhibition matches to command attention.

Will running a half-marathon fix you?

Sophi Hayes-Hoyle -
Running has undergone a paradigm shift; no longer a punishment in PE class or your parents’ Sunday morning escape, running is a lifestyle: a personal brand.

Trump, tennis, and test cricket: Winter’s sporting woes

Arun Lewis -
Wherever you look, sport in all its myriad forms appears to have stumbled into a great mess over the Michaelmas vac.

From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford

Arun Lewis -
College rowing is an exercise in delayed gratification; the suffering of winter morphs into blades come Trinity.

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