Tuesday 28th July 2026

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Milo Donovan wins Oxford Union Presidency after suspended vote count

Milo Donovan has been declared the winner of the election for Oxford Union President in Hilary Term 2027, after the Union released the result of last term's suspended vote count. Donovan, whose campaign pledges included banning hack messages, was last term’s treasurer.

King Charles III inaugurates the Schwarzman Centre 

King Charles III officially opened the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities and unveiled a plaque to commemorate his visit.

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.

The lot of the linguist

For many, Michaelmas term signals a return to a lifestyle we know so well that to describe it again would see innumerable clichés rehashed...

Ugly rumours of Blair Rockumentary

Channel 4 has revealed details of a documentary that will chronicle Tony Blair’s time as the singer in a student band he fronted while...

The other Oxford

I work at St Hilda’s College library and a lot of what I do involves making sure that the library runs efficiently. That’s not...

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...

Green Councillors concerned at Cowley student numbers

An Oxford councillor has claimed that studentsin rented accommodation are pricing out local families from the Cowley Roadarea. Sid Phelps, Green Partycouncillor for St...

Screen

Thames bfi London Film Festivaldirs various19 October - 3 NovemberFairly bad behaviour abounded at this year’s London Film Festival, one of the finest in...

Lax girls smash Cardiff

The second quarter, however, saw the Blues settling down in attack and creating some good scoring opportunities, and at half-time they led 6-1. With...

BBC comedy visionary awarded Murdoch professorship

Comedy writer Armando Iannucci hasbeen appointed as the next news International Visiting Professor of BroadcastMedia. Iannuchi, who wrote and directed I’m Alan Partridge with...

It’ll break your heart

The Beat That My Heart Skippeddir Jacques Audiardout nowA film that shows the transition of a man from sleazy debt collector to passionate classical...

Corpus/Somerville win relegation battle with Exeter

Corpus/Somerville kept themselves in top flight rugby for at least another week with a 35-8 win over Exeter in a high quality relegation dogfight....

Crowd heckles Rocky Horror Show at OFS

TheOld Fire Station nightclub on GeorgeStreet cut short a produc­tion of the rocky HorrorShow on Monday night following rowdiness and complaints from audience members....

An un-natural storm

Here’s how it goes: a young band is spotted in the right place, at the right time, by the right person, who immediately signs...

Oxford women secure tight league victory over Tabs

Oxford 59-Cambridge 56: The Oxford Women’s Basketball team got their season off to a positive start in the University League with a close victory...

Ex Hilda’s Principal and pro-Vice Chancellor dies at 92

Mary Bennett, the former Principal of St. Hilda’s College, has died in her home at the age of 92. Mary Bennett was Principal of...

Destined for success

#1’sdestiny’s ChildOut nowDo Destiny’s Child really need to bother with another album? Beyoncé Knowles is Rr‘n’B’s undeniable queen, hunted down for her services in...

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