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Unheard Oxford: Ferhat Engin, barman at St. Catz

Another view from the Dreaming Spires: Alex Curtis stops by for a quick cocktail with Catz barman, Ferhat Engin

Interview: Jason Haigh on life, death and ISIS

Jason Haigh, the British mercenary fighting alongside Kurdish rebel forces, gives his experiences and insights from the frontline in Syria. IRSoc hosted this event.

Debate: ‘should we demolish Oxford’s modern buildings?’

Brutalist barbarities at Oxford’s ancient walls, or masterpieces of the city’s patchwork architecture? Max Kitson and Freddie Hopkinson question whether or not the City of Dreaming Spires has lost its charm.

Common sense gets its day in court

Guilt by association is on its way out, but what more is to be done? Elle Tait discusses changes to the law surrounding joint enterprise.

Safe spaces are essential for free debate

Zad El Bacha explains why liberating marginalised people from facing dehumanisation every day is no form of censorship.

Lessons from history: Napoleon’s escape from Elba (1815)

Patrick Mulholland takes a moment to remind you of Napoleon's escape from Elba: fluke or genius?

InstaUgly: behind the beauty

Rachel Evans discusses the darker side of Instagram, and where it leads us

The reprobate we love to loathe

Alexander Walker looks at Hunter S Thompson and the dirty honesty of gonzo journalism

Ink and Stone: Keble College

Matt Roberts and Katie Weir reject the architectural opinions of Waugh and Wilde

Review: Sarah Blasko – Eternal Return

Sophie Jordan is far from thrilled by Sarah Blasko's love-centred new album

Review: Tame Impala at Ally Pally

Alex Oscroft witnesses a trippy, yet not wholly ambitious, set from the psych-rockers

Small festivals attracting big names

Daniel Curtis considers this summer's festival offerings

Pembroke JCR creates an anthem

New student composition to signal commencement of JCR meetings

Statue of cock dubbed ‘New Cecil Rhodes’

Cambridge students propose repatriation of Benin Bronze

Police probe Heath’s past at the Bod

Wiltshire police investigate Bodleian Library Archive due to alleged sex abuse claims

Oxford and St Andrews Trade Vice-Chancellors

Oxford Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed to Louise Richardson’s former post

CRAE to contemplate Tutor for Race

The OUSU campaign discusses plans to expand the position across the University

Patten renews criticism of Rhodes Must Fall

Chancellor draws controversy, compares RMF action to Chinese government suppression

OULC general meeting debacle, what happened?

Redha Rubaie examines the recent controversy that has been tearing OULC apart, and looks forward to the future: where do they go from here?

"Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, right?"

Shami Chakrabarti, once dubbed ‘the most dangerous woman in Britain’, addresses the Oxford Guild about her book, On Liberty