Monday 2nd June 2025

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‘Speaking truth to power’: The future of student activism

“What is the point of a university like Oxford if we don’t have the boldness, integrity, and confidence to think differently, to think deeply, to speak truth to power?”...

New NHS hub in North Oxford

Murray House is a new NHS health hub for community physical health teams that...

Land purchase approved for Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme

The UK government has approved a compulsory purchase order (CPO) for the Oxford Flood...

University College building evacuated after fire

A University College building was evacuated last night (28th May), with a fire engine...

Suddenly

Not having seen Thelma and Louise, I can’t honestly comment about the similarities between it and this apparently Argentinean version. Two lesbians dressed as...

It’s Better on Holiday!

You couldn’t get much more hyped than this. Saturday was Oxford’s chance to sample the sound of the much acclaimed four-piece from Glasgow at...

The Walkmen

Have I been listening to too much indie-rock lately? This album seems to have a vaguely familiar feel, which borders dangerously on the verge...

The Beta Band

The Beta Band might well rank as one of the most frustrating acts on the music radar. They burst onto the scene in 1997...

Festival that launched a thousand ships

It’s been coming together for nearly two years, but the finished product is now upon us. The Oxford Greek Festival, brainchild of Avery Willis...

The Honey Trap

Once upon a time there were three little girls. They grew up to be three very different women but they had three things in...

Something Beginning With

Someone once wrote a novel without any words containing the letter E in it. There is also a novel written in 26 chapters, with...

Chinese Silk

Forfeiting my integrity and honesty while affecting a smile of interest, I agreed to review this exhibition. I mean come on, anyone without grey...

Worcester’s hats off to Hobbs

Worcester’s Jan Hobbs scored a hat-trick in the final of the Lacrosse Cuppers to sew up victory against a Hertford side which had shown...

Squash girls well Shielded

The Ladies Blues Squash team finished off their season in style on Thursday night in the Finals of the Oxfordshire County Championships. After...

Coming up… Blues Cricket Preview

With cricket written off this week by the dreadful weather, Oxford’s various sides will be itching to get out in to the middle, with...

Hall finds reserves of strength to crush Pembroke

Though Somerville’s first eleven captured the headlines following their 3-0 cuppers victory over pre-match favourites Wadham, the second eleven cuppers tournament proved no less...

Fourberries out of ten? No, at least an eight

French farce returns to Oxford this week with La Compagnie Molière d’Oxford performing ’Les Fourberies de Scapin’ at Wadham’s Moser theatre. The rarity of...

Getting Angry in Egypt

Nestled on the Red Sea coast against the stunning backdrop of the Sinai mountain range, Sharm El Sheikh is heralded as the jewel of...

Eat: Le Petit Blanc

Le Petit Blanc71-2 Walton StreetWhen hunting for a French dish, it is all too easy to dive on to Little Clarendon Street and settle...

Filming with the Devil

It’s an old story: wife has affair, husband catches pair ‘in flagrante delicto’ and violently murders them, before fleeing for his life. Perhaps not....

Scraping De Botton of the Barrel

Open a newspaper, turn on your television or walk into a bookstore and there is a high chance you’ll encounter Alain de Botton: a...

All or Nothing

As vices go, nothing gets the adrenal glands pumping quite as much as gambling. Thoughts of vats of chocolate and gallons of liquor might...

The Art of Procrastination

Salivating at the delicious prospect of Cherwell’s unveiling of the dark, seedy underbelly of Oxford? We always knew it was there, just under the...

Chatting Up… The Stills

Can you summarise The Stills’ sound for the uninitiated? Our sound is probably romantic pop-rock; melodic with lots of big choruses. What’s your...

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