Thursday 26th June 2025

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Encaenia in photos: Oxford’s honorary degree award ceremony

The University of Oxford awarded eight honorary degrees at its annual Encaenia awards ceremony today. Among the recipients were British athlete and Olympian Sir Mo Farah; Irish author and...

Oxford admissions report reveals significant college and subject disparities

Oxford University has released its Annual Admissions Statistical Report, providing information about undergraduate applications,...

Oxford Union believes the commodification of women has gone too far

Last Thursday, the Oxford Union passed the motion “This House believes that the commodification...

Exclusive: St Catz racks up £3.4 million bill on concrete repairs

St Catherine’s College spent over £3.4 million in less than one year due to...

Living out costs to rise after new Council plan

Oxford City Council has announced plans to extend licensing requirements for rented accommodation in the city, raising concerns that students will no longer be...

Live Music Review: Seth Lakeman

by James Stafford Any mention of ‘folk and traditional music’ that’s casually tossed out in conversation invariably results in a few raised eyebrows. The...

Fears over Oxford Infestation

Oxford's infested, claims an Oxford Academic, amid fears that the number of rats are on the rise in Oxford.The investigation comes after Dr Frances...

Drama Review: King John

by Rees Arnott-Davies  Somebody once told me that if you want to give a play a bad review, simply describe what happens in it. ...

Drama Review: Crescendos in Blue

by Elena Lynch The message of this thoughtfully directed and excellently acted production is that life is only about love and jazz. Adapted from Boris...

Drama Review: Roussos!

by Frankie Parham  For something with an exclamation mark in its title, you’d expect Roussos! to be loud, bizarre and confrontational. For all the...

Three University staff named women of the year

Three members of Oxford University staff have been named as 'Oxfordshire Women of the Year 2007'. Mrs Elizabeth Crawford, Professor Helen Mardon, and Professor...

A photo? Shock! Horror!

Get this. The German elite are up in arms over the Frankfurter Allgemeine's latest "redesign". If you can call it that.The leading national paper,...

Art Review: Light and Shadow at Sanders of Oxford

by Christopher PerfectIn today’s Oxford, the enormous changes of the last thirty years, of which we are reminded at every opportunity, sometimes make it...

Singles Club 3rd Week: Sons and Daughters, Keane, Willy Mason, and Beverly Knight

Our reviewers round up the best and worst of this week's single releases. Sons And Daughters – Gilt Complex (Dan Rawnsley) *** A best of Sons and...

The Facts About: Depression

  “It was a feeling of total inertia. I just didn’t want to do anything, not even get out of bed”.  “Everything I used...

Employees Face Discipline over Facebook

Employees found misusing internet networking websites like Facebook or MySpace will face disciplinary hearings, it was warned earlier today.Local district councils, such as the...

Oxford days come back to haunt Lib Dem

A Liberal Democrat leadership contender found his days at Oxford coming back to haunt him this weekend as an article he wrote advocating the...

Album Review: Jimmy Eat World, Chase This Light

It should be noted at this stage that I’m in no position to review this album objectively. I fell in love with Jimmy Eat...

Art Review: ‘The Journey So Far’ by Konstanty Czartoryski and Adeniyi Olagunju

by Griselda Murray Brown   ‘The Journey so Far’ brings together various media and diverse places. Adeniyi’s mainly large scale, colour photographs counterpoise Konstanty’s intimate...

College Warns of Unexpected Fire Hazards

Hertford College issued a warning to its students about fire safety earlier in the week after a student's pyjamas caught fire.The incident occurred when a...

Cherwell Pubcast Week 2: The Week in Drama

Our second week pubcast reviews the past week in Oxford drama, featuring an interview with Elizabeth Gray, writer and star of Wish I Had...

Blue Plaque Unveiled

Jane Burden, wife of William Morris, was honoured with a blue plaque yesterday at St Helen's Passage, off Holywell Street.Burden, who was allegedly born...

Love, hate, jealousy…and science?

Sarah Fordham unweaves the rainbow of our emotions, and argues that science cannot tell us what it means to be human   What is it...

Diary of a captain – Blues Netball

For this year, the role of Captain within Oxford University Netball Club has been subtly redefined. As the Club Captain (Katelin) and the Blues’...

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