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Oxford Theologian John Henry Newman honoured by Pope Leo XIV

The 19th-century Catholic theologian and Oriel College fellow Cardinal John Henry Newman has been conferred a series of honours by Pope Leo XIV. Cardinal Newman was named “a patron of...

Former Oxford student acquitted after spraying Stonehenge orange

A Just Stop Oil activist and former student at the University of Oxford, Niamh...

1930s artefacts uncovered during renovation of Oxford theatre

Renovations of the New Theatre on George Street have uncovered a variety of historic...

Oxford Climate Justice Campaign relaunches with Rad Cam demonstration

The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign (OCJC) has relaunched with a banner-drop demonstration in Radcliffe...

Society’s gossip columnist

Tatler sits somewhere between House and Gardens and Vogue. Geographically at least:its offices occupy the third floor of Condénast’s headquarters in London, sandwichedbetween the...

Peter’s cruise past careless Catz

St Peter’s 30St Catherine’s 13"Back with the old" was the St Peter’s cry as they crushed St Catherine’s, the new kids on the block...

Petition targets OUSU student vote

A petition put to OUSUto hold a referendum to limit its input in non-directly student relatedmatters, has failed. a motion was also been put...

Create your own soundscape

Humans share ninety eight per cent of their genes with chimpanzees,but according to researchers at Keele University, the latter show no preferencefor music over...

Hertford blast past Keble

Keble 0Hertford 1: On the afternoon of Halloween, Keble and Hertford dished up a spectacle of football that was more treat than trick. In...

SJC rusticates student accused of vandalism

A finalist at St John’s has been tem­porarilyrusticated for vandalising the college squash courts. PeterRogers, a Human Scien­tist, will be excluded from college for...

The Sun – should we love it?

Against: Paul Sagar, a first year PPEist at BalliolThe Sun is offensive. It offends women, immigrants, asylum seekers and also those whoare simply offended...

Favourites through

Jesus 2-Brasenose 5; Balliol 2-Worcester 3: ‘To err is human; to forgive, divine,’ said Alexander Pope, but Jesus fans will be likely to disagree...

Academics circulate ‘flysheet’ criticising University reforms

A group of Oxford Universityacadem­ics have recently composed a flysheet criticising the reforms proposedby the Green Paper, and circulated it among academics across the...

A hint of the devine

Supernatural ImagesThe Ashmolean MuseumEnds 15th JanuaryYou almost expect church bells and choir music when you wander into the Supernatural Miracles Eexhibition. The exhibition does...

Time to move on

When they were handing out sports journalists, the British rugby community must have been in the toilet. The Blacks arrive today for their first...

Bops burnt out at LMH

A student dressed as an Egyptian mummy was set alight at an LMH Halloween bopon Saturday night. Teddy Hall postgraduate student Hamish Stewart was...

Soc Shots

It is hard to ignore, now, that the sunshine of last summer is all but gone, replaced by those gloomy dark clouds that can...

England’s asset is continuity against an unsettled Pakistan

Michael Vaughan’s men have arrived in Pakistan for the first leg of their subcontinental tour, relying on their established backbone in the pursuit of...

OUCA and OULC in bitter battle over Labour Club Presidents’ Galloway letter

The Oxford University Conservative Association has made a formal complaint to the proctorsabout an open letter from the Oxford University Labour Club to Respect...

Festival time has come

From bizarre experimental noodlings to next summer’s blockbusters, the beauty of the film festival is that it overthrows the idea that the two can...

Netball Blues run Birmingham to a standstill

Oxford’s netballers secured their second consecutive win of the season with another impressive performance.an outstanding defensive effort saw Birmingham’s attackers flounder in a quagmire...

St Catz knock Hall off their throne

St Catherine’s 9St Edmund Hall 3St Catherine’s proved that reputation counts for nothing on the rugby field on Tuesday by deservedly beating Cuppers title...

Somerville/Annes’ crush careless Catz

St Anne’s/Somerville 7St Catherine’s 1 St Anne’s/Somerville proved on Sunday that goalkeepers are not indispensable as the newly promoted side overcame a mysterious case...

Freshers excel at Cuppers

At the start of each year, Blues’ Captains pray, cross their fingers, throw salt over their shoulders, and generally try anything they can think...

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