Wednesday 8th July 2026

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Jacinda Ardern and eight others awarded with honorary degrees

The recipients include former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern; actress and theatre director Adjoa Andoh MBE; and literary critic and host of Finding Your Roots Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Tommy Robinson’s invitation to Oxford Union met with protest: Live updates

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, otherwise known as Tommy Robinson, is due to speak at the Oxford Union at 8.30 pm this evening at a debate on the motion “This House Believes the West is Right to be Suspicious of Islam”. The event has drawn condemnation from University societies, local politicians, and local faith leaders.

Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

New Oxford campaign seeks to demystify genetic and neurological conditions using animations

A new educational campaign developed by the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford aims to make neurodevelopmental disorders easier to understand through a series of animated videos. 

Look Mum, I’ve downloaded a first class degree!

Let’s flashback a few years. Remember waiting anxiously for those A-level results to see if you’d ever get to punt on the Isis and...

German humour, part 2

A bit better this. The originally-named satirical blog Satire Blog thinks the top dogs should rename Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport "Willy Brandt Airport", "Helmut Kohl...

Funfairs

People here go to funfairs, some people go twice a week. They look forward to it.The whole af-fair (apologies) began when I exitted the...

Laptops Stolen From Office

£3000 worth of computers were stolen from an office in South Bar, Banbury, on Monday night.Four Toshiba laptops, each costing around £800, were stolen...

Plans for New Exchange Programme Announced

Plans have been announced for a new exchange programme with a university in Taiwan. Earlier this month the President of the National Taiwan University...

Review: Slam Poetry at the Port Mahon 15/10/07

By William HarrisHammer and Tongue 'Protect the Human' Poetry Slam “We’re running on poetry time”, said the bubbly, pink-clad Sophia Blackwell. That’s when...

First Night Review: Greek

by Marley Morris Berkoff’s tragedy ‘Greek’, based on Sophocles’ ‘Oedipus Rex’, thrusts in front of us a vision of a decadent and brutal London.  It...

First Night Review: Chicken Farmer

by Marc Kidson It is a pet fact of many History teachers that before becoming one of the chief architects of mass murder for the...

Sniffling and Spluttering? Help is at Hand…

The problem with having a cold is that people don’t generally feel sorry for you. In fact, they tend to feel rather annoyed. Your...

First Night Review: Fewer Emergencies

 by Luke Bullock  I have to admit that I went to see Martin Crimp’s Fewer Emergencies with a degree of trepidation.  Like many theatregoers these...

Oxford Academic lands Australian University Top Position

A leading Oxford academic is to take on the position of vice Chancellor at Sydney University next year. Michael Spence, an expert in intellectual...

Cherwell24 Comment: Tom Lowe

When I applied to Oxford I didn’t really understand how the collegiate system worked. To the naïve Irish kid, the only difference between Hertford and...

Architect opposes boatyard redevelopment

Local residents campaigning against the redevelopment of a historic boatyard in Jericho were joined today by a senior architect condemning the plans.A former president...

German humour, part 1

The usually serious weekly broadsheet Die Zeit has allowed a bit of rare 'humour' to fill its politics pages this week. German speakers might...

Haydn, Mozart, Bach with London Mozart Players and Robin Blaze, October 12 2007

Sitting in The University Church of St. Mary the Virgin, fragments of chamber music could be heard as the London Mozart Players began to...

17-Year-Old "Seriously Ill" after Bloody Fight on High Street

Police voiced concerns about youth-culture in Oxford over the weekend, following a serious incident on High Street.A 17 Year-Old was put into a coma...

Rehab centre, homeless shelter or childrens’ home: Oliver Brock in Nicaragua

A fountain trickles in the front courtyard, and the sun is shining in Nicaragua's capital, Managua. Members of staff punch their attendance cards as...

New crackdown on drink and drug-fuelled crime

Freshers are the targets of a new Oxford City Council campaign to crack down on drink and drug-fuelled bad behaviour in the town. Leaflets...

Cherwell Pubcast Week 1: Mark Cartwright and Kieran Hodgson on Oxford Drama

Ben Lafferty and Rob Morgan talk Oxford drama with Mark Cartwright, President of OUDS, and Kieran Hodgson, President of the Oxford Revue.   Part...

Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

By R. Smith  When my boyfriend, in his most reassuring and pacifying voice, said “Don’t worry, it will all get easier when we are...

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