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News in Brief

Universities Unite UK universities have united together to announce their opposition to plans to establish an EU watchdog for higher education. HE institutions fear...

Jock Strip

Jock Strip is not one to brag. But luckily, this week (as it’s the last of the term) we’ve been persuaded. But what to...

News in Brief

Buried treasure I5,000 historic bronze roman coins dating back 2,000 years, unearthed from farmland at Chalgrove, have been officially declared treasure. This allows their...

Thoughts of the Week

The drivers are off the road and, in a manner of speaking, on the march again. With rising oil prices world-wide, partly sparked off...

The Fog of War

Documentaries are de rigeur in 2004. Michael Moore has added the Cannes Palme d’Or for his forthcoming Fahrenheit 9/11 to his Oscar for Bowling...

Jock Strip

Whilst many of his Oxford contemporaries were competing in Summer Eights, Christ Church engineer Robin Bourne- Taylor competed in the World Cup last weekend....

Side Lines

Madness, they say, is doing the same thing again and again expecting different results. If this is true, then every year we Brits indulge...

News in Brief

Beating the bounds Last Thursday saw 70 people process through Oxford in a traditional ceremony known as “the Beating of the bounds,” to mark...

Jock Strip

There were mixed emotions for three-time rugby Blue Henry Nwume at Twickenham on Sunday. He was on the bench for London Wasps during the...

Side Lines

Cherwell believes that football and footballers are damaged by public voyeurism Three Leicester City players were this week informed that charges of gang...

News in Brief

Cornmarket chaos The resurfacing works on Cornmarket Street face further delays because the city and county councils cannot decide what material to use for...

Jock Strip

Jock Strip is always delighted to hear of people taking college sport as seriously as would be expected, and events during sailing cuppers would...

Side Lines

Cherwell believes that the drama of the playoffs is worth their more obvious pitfalls Logically, Sunderland’s players and fans should be kicking back...

News in Brief

Happiest place The least deprived area in England is Chorleywood West in Hertfordshire, according to the Department of Social Policy and Social Research at...

Jock Strip

The Blues Sevens rugby side’s trip to Harlequins for the Middlesex National Club finals, previewed in last week’s Jock Strip, ended with mixed emotions....

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Winter is now quite definitely upon us, and Britain’s very own windy city has not disappointed anyone with this year’s Oxford chill factor. It’s...

African adventure

#2 Jonny: Mozambique… It has now been a month and over 2,000 km since we left Cape Town. We have been pacing through at...

Also on stage…

Oh you Pretty Things Old Fire Station Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October Crazy postmodernist, absurdist, political, critical, performance art play? It must be...

The Week in Words

“We don’t have a perfect solution. Our perfect solution is to smash capitalism… The need to smash capitalism has become even more obvious over...

Inside Edge

Best wishes to intrepid orienteer Tom Cochrane. The Exeter student is competing in the New York marathon on 2 November in a bid to...

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