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Sextigation 2025: Top one percent of shaggers do 15% of all shagging

You may have seen the headlines about income inequality – the top one percent in Britain earn somewhere around 15% of all income. Cherwell’s fourth annual Sextigation has found an inequality just...

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“All faiths and none?”: What college chapels can offer their students

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You wouldn’t steal a Cherwell article: AI and copyright infringement

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Much ado about funding: Financing Oxford student theatre

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Sextigation 2025: Top one percent of shaggers do 15% of all shagging

“All faiths and none?”: What college chapels can offer their students

You wouldn’t steal a Cherwell article: AI and copyright infringement

Much ado about funding: Financing Oxford student theatre

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