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Reading political autobiographies, so you don’t have to

Publishing a book has long been a trend for those leaving government in the UK. Memoirs and autobiographies are naturally intriguing, offering us the promise of a peek behind...

Night porters: Student safety jeopardised at University College

Your college matters. It can define everything – from the state of your accommodation...

Tutorials and the art of the blag

Oxford is a unique place to study at an undergraduate level. Its centuries-long history...

Why you should be political

Many of us have been told that the only political thing we must always...

Far-right populism spreads to Portugal

The Portuguese elections in March delivered not only a resounding rejection of the corruption-riddled...

Guest Columnist: Newspaper letters pages are duller without women

The Deputy Editor of the London Evening Standard explains women's reluctance to write letters to newspapers

OUSU: State of the Union

Two students debate the effectiveness of OUSU's proposed funding plans

Massachusetts in Red

Clement Knox analyses the Republican victory in Massachusetts

Guest Columnist: Jancis Robinson

Jancis Robinson, award-winning wine writer for the Financial Times explains how she first discovered the beauty of wine at Oxford

The drugs don’t work

Simon Singh is on trial for criticising alternative medicine and explains why he will not back down

Drowning in money

The Supreme Court has opened the floodgates in the name of free speech. Bad Decision.

The Weekly Short Cut

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

Can a pill replace alcohol?

Two students consider the merits of a new drug that mimics the effects of alcohol, with an antidote that offers a speedy sobering up.

Editorial: Do we need drugs to switch on?

Mediocrity has never been tolerated, but avoiding it has reached new depths

5 Minute Tute: Google vs. China

Professor Rana Mitter explains Google's decision to pull out of China

The errors of a decade

Clement Knox considers what went wrong in the noughties

Guest Columnist: Entrepreneurship is the way forward

Why students should look beyond corporate institutions

Editorial: Higher Education funding

We should be raising the bar for education, not dropping it.

Next term in the Union

Stuart Cullen looks at the upcoming term at the Oxford Union Society.

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