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Interview: Josh Lospinoso

What's it like to be a PhD student by day and a military intelligence officer by night? Cherwell finds out

The Weekly Short Cut

Jolyon O'Connell explains why The Week is a must-have for any cocktail party

Join the debate: Is Christmas still fun?

Dhatri Navanayagam asks Oxford students what Christmas means to them today.

Join The Debate: Labour Glasgow victory

What does Labour's by-election victory in Glasgow mean for the wider party ahead of next year's elections?

Join The Debate: Should sex education be compulsory for children in schools?

Would the government be right to force children to learn about sex from a younger age?

Ken Livingstone: Boris, the Beeb and Me

Ken Livingstone speaks of his anger at the mayor, the media and a certain Mr Blair

Join The Debate: Can student activism really change the world?

Just how effective are student protests?

The white suit confronts the MPs

Martin Bell explains why our corrupt Parliament is in desperate need of reform

The BNP will forever claim it is a victim

Question Time could have improved the way in which it interrogated Nick Griffin. However, the BNP is always going to play the role of the victim

Join the debate: Is university worth £10,000?

What do Oxford students think about having to pay up for their studies?

Interview: Mr No Opinion

Sathnam Sanghera tells Dhatri Navanayagam why multiculturalism, among other things, failed

Let the BNP appear on Question Time

Why it's better to defeat the BNP through debate rather than by suppressing their right to free speech.

Students remember Tiananmen

Oxford Amnesty International group organised a march and silent vigil last Thursday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

£300,000 spent to show that ducks like water

Oxford University has been criticized for spending of £300,000 of taxpayers' money researching what type of water ducks like the best.