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‘English Pride’ protest met by counter-protest at Bonn Square

Clashes broke out between an Oxfordshire Patriots demonstration and a counter-protest from anti-racist groups in central Oxford today, with both sides gathering in Bonn Square outside Westgate.

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World Happiness Report finds declining wellbeing amongst young people

The 2026 World Happiness Report, produced by Oxford University’s Wellbeing Research Centre in partnership with the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Gallup, and an independent editorial board, has found that wellbeing among under-25s is declining across English-speaking countries.

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New face-to-face centre for homelessness services to open on George Street

Oxford City Council have announced plans for a new face-to-face centre on George Street to tackle homelessness.

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New RAI donation to fund Oxford’s first US politics postgraduate course

The Rothermere American Institute (RAI) has announced a major donation to fund a new Associate Professorship in US Politics and support the launch of a specialist postgraduate course in the field.

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Merton retains Norrington top spot

Merton College remains top of the 2007 Norrington Table for the second year in a row, but the table continues to be criticised for...

Wildcat strike at Catz

St Catherine’s JCR have called a rent strike in protest at the College raising battels charges without consulting students or the College’s Governing Body.The...

How to get ahead in leadership

Have you noticed, thronging in quads and staring at architecture, groups of Malaysians that any sensible person would describe as ‘tourists’? And did you...

Beware colleges bearing gifts of welfare provision

Agatha Christie called herself a "perfect sausage machine", but her approach to murder was positively schizophrenic compared to the tabloids’ formulaic techniques. The perfect tabloid...

The latest review of drug legislation must not give in to media pressure

Endless newspaper reports link cannabis with suicides, murders and assaults. The headlines are dramatic: "Another cannabis teenager in knife killing: Boy on skunk butchered...

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...

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