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“Stop the hate”: anti-racist demonstrators in counter-protest against ‘Great British National Strike’

A protest by Oxford Stand Up to Racism (OSUTR) assembled in front of Carfax tower at 11am this morning in opposition to a ‘Great British National Strike’ called by...
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Indicative no confidence motion passed against Oxford Union President

The Oxford Union’s Standing Committee (TSC) has passed an indicative motion of no confidence...
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£8.4 million gift to establish new Oxford Professorship and Centre for Global Primary Care

An £8.4 million gift will enable Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health...
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‘My Oxford Year’ release date announced

Netflix has confirmed the release date for the project it filmed in Oxford last...
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Got the Blues?

PERHAPS Oxford’s least-trumpeted asset is its ability to offer its students almost unparalleled opportunities to become involved in competitive sport whilst at university. Finding...

Cherwell’s Guide to Oxford Sports Talk

Blue, aAwarded to those who compete in a first team Varsity match. Only an elite of sports are awarded Full Blue status, the rest...

Can New steal Worcester’s crown?

IT’S a familiar scenario at the outset of what promises to be another compelling season of college football as the chasing pack look to...

Oxford blow away Tabs at Lord’s

Oxford maintained their proud record in Varsity cricket with a comprehensive six wicket victory over Cambridge in the one-day fixture after the four-day match...

Cambridge dropout denied Boat Race Blue

The Oxbridge boat race committee has refused to award a Cambridge rower a Blue after he failed to complete his academic course and instead...

Catz reign supreme once more

N A REPEAT of the 2006 Cuppers Final, Queen’s/Wycliffe were seeking revenge against Catz, who, although strengthened by Vadim Varvarin and Matt Brooke-Hitching, were...

Challengers aim to stop Keble

THE STORY of last season’s college rugby campaign was undoubtedly the unstoppable rise of Keble from nobodies to undisputed champions of the university. After...

Diary of a Captain: Nick Brodie, President of OUBC

We began our Boat Race build-up on the morning of 18th September, beginning a regime that will take us all the way to the...

Oxford Gallop to Varsity Victory

LIGHT Blue determination posed a tough challenge for Oxford’s polo players, but the Blues’ excellent  teamwork and superior tactics enabled them to eventually dominate...

Blues Teach Americans a Lesson on Tour

OXFORD’S rugby players began the season in fine form with an undefeated tour of the USA in September. The Blues defeated a New York...

Feature: Sport In Art

It’s very easy to think of sport and art as two very different, and even opposed, parts of life. There are a good number...

Review: Strawberry Jam, Animal Collective

2007 has already seen the release of albums by the two front-figures of Animal Collective. Panda Bear’s acclaimed Person Pitch sounds like an acid-tripping...

Review: Frames, Oceansize

Returning for a third album of thrillingly expansive prog, perennially underachieving Mancunians Oceansize have succeeded yet again in producing brilliant music destined to go...

Review: In Our Nature, Jose Gonzalez

González found unlikely fame thanks to a Sony Bravia advert which featured his charming cover of moody fellow Swedish synth-pop geniuses The Knife’s ‘Heartbeats’....

Genre Bending: Slowcore

Slowcore as a genre first appeared in the American music press in the late eighties and early nineties, with the advent of indie rock...

2007: The Summer of Cinema?

For many, 2007 was to be the year in which the cinema was the place to see and be seen. With about 80 films...

Brideshead revisited, revisited

Thrilled to be an extra for a blockbuster new film, Guy Pewsey soon discovered that silver screen Oxford is not as quaint as it...

DVD Review: 300

In keeping with the recent trend of films inspired by classical themes, 300 is based on the Battle of Thermopylae (c.480 BC) when 300...

Review: Grand Cafe

The Grand Café, with its opulent – some might say a touch overdone – décor, unintrusive background music, and friendly staff, has an atmosphere...

Why do we kiss?

The thought must have crossed your mind as you find yourself subjected to yet another Noo-Noo like clinch in some dingy club corner. Why...
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