Sunday 18th January 2026

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Oxford University announces AI research partnership with UBS

Oxford University has announced the creation of the Oxford-UBS Centre for Applied AI, a research partnership between Swiss wealth manager UBS, Oxford’s Saïd Business School and the University’s Mathematical,...

Oxford study links 3% of NHS England costs to temperature

A new study conducted by researchers from Oxford University unveils that an estimated 3%...

Lewis Carroll’s own first edition of ‘Alice’ returns to Oxford

Christ Church College and the Bodleian Libraries have received Lewis Carroll’s copy of the...

Faculty of Music announces new DPhil scholarship

The scholarship is funded by Australian musicologist, Dr Nigel Nettheim, who has established the scholarship before his will comes into effect.

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’...

Review: Extras

By Monique Davis***In a word, Polish film Extras is decent. However, I have just been told by my editor that I am expected to...

Review: Sicko

By Isabel Sutton**Number three in Michael Moore’s repertoire of bomb-shell big-screen documentaries has arrived and it’s as predictable as can be.  The target this...

Brasserie Blanc

By Kate Barrett Raymond Blanc has hit the spot with his relaxed and friendly Brasserie on Walton street, Jericho. Of an evening, the average student...

Review: The Witnesses

By Chantal Hadley****Even from the opening credit sequence I was struck by the similarity between Philippe Sarde’s mournful violin music and Philip Glass’s violin...

Idlewild – Scottish Fiction Review

By Dave Challiner ***Greatest hits compilations are often geared to provide the listener with an opportunity to look back and consider the trajectory of a...

Sceneplay – Lost In Translation

By Tobyn MaxwellBob Harris is a man lost in a culture completely alien to him. He is immediately likeable: a charismatic film star suffering...

Ed Harcourt – Until Tomorrow Then Review

By James Lowe ****Ed Harcourt occupies the classically precarious position of being a good singer-songwriter. Such ability isn’t always particularly useful, commercial, or cool. So...

Glaston-buried and kilde

 By Daniel RobertsWhen I was about thirteen I went through a ‘60s phase. I grew my hair and wore a woollen cardigan; I greedily...

The Dark Side of Sweden

Conor Doak revisits the subversive films of Swedish director Lukas Moodyson Those who imagine Sweden as a delightful, ABBA-singing land of snow, socialism and smorgasbords will...

Genre Bending – Shoegaze

By Robin Whelan Shoegaze is one of those terms which evolve intriguingly past their intended meaning. Originally coined to describe the less-than-gripping stage presence of...

Keble claim early advantage in title race

RUGBY is rarely light-hearted, particularly when previous battles are fresh in the memory. Disappointingly for Teddy Hall, Keble reasserted last year’s dominance, eventually winning...

Campbell has Exeter in a spin

BALLIOL may be relative newcomers to the upper levels of college football, but their start last week against Christ Church indicated that they had...

Desai-three for Worcester as New crumble

WORCESTER showed their class today against a New side who looked throughout as though they were chasing their title rivals. The reigning champions must...

Newcomers mauled by Catz

  AFTER their defeat of traditional heavyweights St. Peter’s last week, Magdalen were reminded of how difficult achieving Division One survival will be for...

Radiohead – In Rainbows review

By Carl Cullinane *****At an impromptu Trade Justice Movement gig in 2005 local musician Thom Yorke sang “Gimme fair price, gimme fair price” during a...

£5.2 million missing from student accounts after University blunders

A UNIVERSITY error severely delaying loan payments has stranded hundreds of students without the financial means to pay battels and basic living costs.Undergraduates have...

Literary Festivals

Connie Han listens in rapture as Philip Pullman reads from his work at Woodstock Literary FestivalThe Woodstock Literary Festival is ‘a celebration of books,...

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