Wednesday, February 5, 2025

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My music doesn’t break tradition: It is traditional. Chinese New Year at Oxford

"It is precisely because I love Oxford’s traditions that I’m inviting my culture to be part of it."
Features Selina Chen -

MLK Day: Anti-Blackness isn’t just a Western problem

"If we truly believe in equality, it’s time to hold up that same mirror to ourselves and confront what we see. Change begins when we stop making excuses."
Features Michael-Akolade Ayodeji -

£450,000 for a two-bed in Cowley: Oxford is at the centre of the UK’s housing crisis

A two-bed, one-bath home in Cowley is currently listed for £450,000. In 1998, it...
Features Satchel Walton -

What Gisèle Pelicot can teach us about student consent workshops 

"Consent is not just a rule dictated in an isolated workshop."
Features Victoria McKinley-Smith -
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Reflections on the gender pay gap: What Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize has taught us

“Five beautiful women? All doing economics? No wayyyy!” This was remarked by two male PhD students at the UCL faculty welcome drinks after they had...

The Age of Multipolarity

Lord Cameron put it aptly when he recently stated that,“The world has changed significantly since I first entered government, and we live in very...

The EU’s AI Act is significant for all of us

Oxford students have been no strangers to ChatGPT since its much-hyped launch in late 2022. Squabbles about the ethics of its use in research...

Breaking the Ice on Seasonal Depression

January creeps in, bringing a chilly breeze that hints at the grasp of winter. The temperature steadily drops, barren trees shiver, and the landscape...

Can you revive something that’s long dead?: the Oxford Majlis

Majlis, مَجلِس: noun; an assembly, convivial meeting, congress, council; of Perso-Arabic origin, derived into Urdu. The words ‘Oxford Majlis’ have re-entered the collective consciousness of...

Are We Running Out Of Heroes?

It’s hard to know exactly when the concept of the action-cum-superhero movie started spinning out of control. I’m not sure if I’d place it...

Where does war according to Russia’s West leave its East?

“It’s not for nothing that they call Pevek the city of romantics and daisies”, local resident Irina Shuvalova tells the camera. Taking part in...

A life on screen

Many claim that the age of the movie star is dead, but Tom Hanks can definitely give them a run for their money. Recognised...

Podcasts: where they’ve been and where they’re going

Ah, podcasts. These days, it’s easy to feel like everyone’s got one. Seemingly every week a new politician or former footballer is launching their...

An American’s take of the Americans’ take

This term, the Oxford Union has planned to host two former United States Speakers of the House, Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy. In an...

What happens on a peace-building exchange in the Western Balkans?

At a dinner in a small, smoke-filled restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia, during a youth programme set up by the German War Graves Commission, I...

Sober at Oxford: Teetotalers discuss Freshers’ week and beyond

"Many non-drinker students speak of acceptance and enjoyment, while some warn of exclusion."

Is football becoming inaccessible?

Like millions of other people, my first football match is an important memory. West Ham lost 0-1 to Stoke in the 13/14 season, but...

Marking 50 Years since Chile’s Coup

It’s been a good year for rugby, despite how much it hurts to admit it as an Irish rugby fan. Supporters have been absolutely...

Euro bummer

This summer, I reached a crucial milestone in my adulthood. The group made it not only out of the group chat, but also out...

Are you taking the mick? The secret world of student satire 

Oxford’s main student publications are so ubiquitously publicised, they’re impossible to miss. The juiciest of newspapers, however, are shrouded in secrecy. Their existence is...

Academe in wartime: Oxford’s response to the war in Sudan

Six months into the war in Sudan, and the situation is bleak. Humanitarian workers are despairing at the broken supply lines and the outbreaks...

A manifesto for climate education

The Zoom screen flitters from darkness to the gradual clarity of humanoid pixels. I am looking at the official face of tomorrow. As the...

Bottom of the pile: freedom of speech at Oxford

“Free speech is the lifeblood of a university.” So begins Oxford’s policy on freedom of speech. Followed by the tasteful poetry of triplets and...

Reflections of an Oxford Union reporter

For better or worse, I’m known around town as a journalist who reports on the Oxford Union - something I’ve done for both Cherwell...
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