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Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened.

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Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

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Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

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Oxford law academic cancels lecture series on sex and gender following protests

Dr Michael Foran, Associate Professor of Law and Fellow of Keble College, has cancelled the remaining lectures in a series on sex, gender identity, and the law, following protests at two of the events.

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Merton student hospitalised after assault

A MERTON student was hospitalised after being attacked by a Blues sportsman at last week’s Summer Eights regatta.Ben Holroyd, a fourth year medical student...

Oxford Auteurs

Who are the heroes of Oxford film? Surely Jeremy Irons’ trademark narcissism in Brideshead Revisited must come to mind; perhaps John Thaw’s snobbish coolness...

Flyboys

If you were to walk into Flyboys halfway through, you wouldn’t have missed much. The movie creaks slowly into motion as it explores characters’...

Cuppers Tennis: Review and predictions

The Cuppers competition upto this point has been unpredictable and as we head towards the semi-final stage we can recap on what has happened...

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros centres on an effeminate young boy (Maximo), living in the slums of Manila in the Philippines with his father...

Trinity overpowered by wild Catz

Catz came into their Cuppers quarter-final fixture against Trinity with a rather weakened side compared to the winning combination that secured Cuppers Victory at...

Ten Canoes

When ten Aboriginal men go off on a fishing trip, it becomes apparent that a young man has taken a fancy to another man’s...

Lunacy (Sileni)

This is not a work of art,” announces Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer in the prologue to his 2005 film Lunacy. “It is a horror...

The Rules of the Game

What’s love got to do with it? Emma Bernstein on the gurus who would guide you to the perfect pickupYou might expect that the...

Have you met … Paul Arrich?

As we near the end of another Oxford year, I met up with Paul Arrich to look back on his time as Oxide Radio...

Band About Town: The Pagans

More often spotted balancing his cello on the back of a bike, softly-spoken music student Duncan Strachan is lesser known as the front-man of...

Lord Goldsmith

His legal advice greenlighted Britain’s most controversial foreign adventure since Suez. Kate Greasley talks to the attorney general on justifying Iraq He is the man...

Annuals – Be He Me

Ah me, but it’s refreshing to listen to a band with such a varied and distinctive sound. What make this six-piece from Raleigh, North...

Freemasons recruit Oxford students

THE OXFORD University Freemasons’ Lodge is at the centre of a national campaign to recruit undergraduates into the organisation. The 'University Scheme', started by...

Drinks tonight, war tomorrow

Partying, politics and pessimism Laura Pitel goes in search of the young people of LebanonIn most places in the world it might seem distasteful...

Bonde Do Role – With Lasers

“You can’t judge a book by its cover.” But when the book is the new album from Brazilian baile-funk hipsters Bonde Do Role, and...

Tales from the Lodge: St Hugh’s

We Hughsies are a boring lot, or at least so it would seem. When I went down to our lodge last week to get...

Live in the Cathedral

To retain any credibility at all when talking about classical music, here’s a tip: call Rachmaninoff’s second piano concerto “Rach Two”. It’s a bit...

The Irreverence Crusade

I feel like I’ve been on one of those jerking, rattly, helter-skelterish roller-coasters. I’m finding it difficult to coherently fit all the glimpses and...

Where did it all go wrong for…the weather?

Remember the last two weeks of April? Remember the cricket, the punting, and the blissful sunshine spilling out all over the quads? Remember the...

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