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Oxford Reform Society registers for Michaelmas

The University of Oxford has a Reform UK society for the first time, after registering with the Proctors.  After a six-month wait to approve their application, the political society announced...

Finance workers strike at Oxford University Press

Finance workers are on strike at Oxford University Press (OUP) over plans to offshore jobs to India, with trade union officials warning that “before long this great British institution will exist in the UK in name only."

Oxford academics sign open letter opposing Nathan Cofnas’ suspension

Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium, and self-described “race realist”, was responsible for publicising allegations that the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday had plagiarised his doctoral thesis.

Over 500 sign open letter urging Oxford to resist “transphobic” EHRC code

Oxford University LGBTQ+ Society (OULGBTQ) has urged the University of Oxford’s Vice Chancellor and the wider Oxford community “not to passively accept transphobia,” in an open letter signed by over 500 students and staff.

Cyclists Get Caught

In a series of further crackdowns on illegal cyclists in Oxford, police have been issuing fines to any rider caught without lights on their...

Bonfire Night Statue and Round Up

A giant 25ft effigy is being created for Bonfire Night in a bid to raise money for charity.The wooden Guy Fawkes is being made...

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I recommend this story from The Times. It'll have you, er, rolling with laughter. Cherwell 24 is not responsible for the content of external links....

Book Review: Uglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit — Untranslatable insults, put-downs and curses from a

by Benjamin LeongUglier Than a Monkey’s Armpit falls unashamedly into the category of Books To Be Read On The Toilet, to fit behind the...

Oxford dons challenge CO2 limits

Oxford scientists have challenged the value of studies that try to calculate the effects of increased levels of carbon dioxide on the climate. ...

Tool-use for dummies

 Tool-use in animals is often equated with intelligence. But Maja Choma wonders that if even pigeons can learn to use them, what does it...

Music Review: Vertigo

by Alexandra Paynter The first Vertigo this term had been dogged by misfortune; acts had backed out and new bands had to be found and...

Women’s Media: What is it? Do we need it?

A ‘women’s magazine’ for students in Oxford is currently being developed, but the project has been met with mixed reactions. Is there a need...

Park End to be Refurbished

One of the largest nightclubs in Oxford, Park End, is about the undergo a redesign.Over the next month, Park End will be transformed into...

Film Review: Interview

by Hayley MirekWe live in a culture obsessed with celebrity. The sheer number of gossip magazines demonstrates this, but it is somewhat disturbing to...

Film Review: Lagerfield Confidential

by Mary WaireriRodolphe Marconi’s Lagerfeld Confidential is an intimate portrait of one of the most iconic figures of the fashion industry. Born in Hamburg...

Sceneplay: Ran

by Ross PhilipsIn today’s cinema the truly epic battle scene has been replaced by computer generated images. Although the capabilities of CGI to create...

I thought technology was supposed to make your life easier. Now I’m not so sure.

A friend of mine from my summer at BusinessWeek recently moved to a new job at another magazine. They gave her a new email...

Clocks Go Back This Sunday

A reminder: don't forget to change all your clocks tomorrow (Sunday).

Pubcast Week 3: The Week in Drama and Interview with Oscar Wood

Our weekly drama pubcast returns with a roundup of the week in Oxford drama and an interview with Oscar Wood, director of 'Big Breathe...

Drama Review: Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath

It’s hard to imagine a static, single-act monologue being so gripping, but Wish I Had a Sylvia Plath is nothing short of a theatrical...

Women’s Blues Hockey

The Blues looked to kickstart their faltering start to the campaign bytaking on newly-promoted Cardiff in a top-tier BUSA South Premier clash.Oxford started brightly...

‘Cannot tell their left hand from their right’

That's how the people of Nineveh are described the Book of Jonah, but we might equally claim it about the Germans. Or at least...

Genre Bending: La Nouvelle Scène Rock Française

By Chantal Hadley The nouvelle scène is, well, pretty self explanatory. It’s new: many of the bands in it have only released their debut albums...

Rock’n’Revolt

Cara Bleiman examines the relationship between music and politics.To ask whether music has the potential to be political is completely old hat, well old...

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