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.

Six hundred lawyers cunted

A New College student has been called up for a disciplinary hearing, after he ‘replied-all’ to the Law Soc mailing-list with a single abusive...

OUSU support Stu Two

OUSU will be debating an emergency motion today in support of the two OxStu journalists who are facing a Court of Summary Jurisdiction for...

Firefight closure may soon strike Bod

Firefighters in Oxford are recommending a ballot for industrial action at their conference on 15 June. Any industrial action is likely to cause disurption...

Massacre at Barbecue

The quiet of the small South Oxfordshire village of Henley was ripped apart this week as a father started shooting members of his family...

Ecstatic Strangler

A man is in court for strangling his fiancée to death in an Oxford hotel last year. He claims both he and his fiancée...

Five year olds care for druggies

Large numbers of Oxford children, some as young as five, are forced to care for their alcoholic and drugabusing parents, according to figures recently...

243 years until our next black dot

Oxford witnessed an astronomical spectacle not seen in living memory when Venus crossed the face of Sun last Tuesday. Earth’s closest planetary neighbour...

Charity runners and riders

Three thousand women from Oxford took part in a charity race to aid the struggle against cancer last Sunday. The organisers hope that £180,000...

University of Life

A new book claims that life expectancy is linked to education: the longer you spend learning, the longer life you will have. Sir...

Live ChCh Cartridges

34 live shotgun cartridges were found abandoned in a green Nike bag in Christ Church Meadows last Friday. The cartridges were found by...

Mansfield Smokes On

Members of Mansfield College JCR have voted to continue to allow students to smoke in the college bar. Passions were raised amid divided...

DRINK: Hollywood Cocktails

Hollywood Cocktails 124 Walton St (01865) 511 668 As you come to the end of the Jericho “bar crawl” from the north of...

EAT: The White Hart

The White Hart Wytham (01865) 244372 The White Hart is set in Wytham, (a treesy hamlet just past Godstow), and has recently been...

Kepp Cool, Look Hot

Whatever you’re doing this summer, whether it’s strolling down the Champs Elysées, hitching a lift in the back of a chicken truck through Jordan,...

Sinners, repent!

The piazza was crawling with women. I would have felt like a kid in a candy store, had they not all been wearing habits....

Bored this summer? Try… Pimms and Punting

Everyone talks about how wonderful Pimm’s and punting are – you practically hear nothing else during Michaelmas and Hilary, and when Trinity comes round,...

Paul’s World

As Britain’s greatest fashion export, Paul Smith is remarkably modest. “Frankly,” he says, “I’m not exceptional at design. I’m medium.” This comes from the...

Paintbrushes and Pineapples

In the summer of 2003, a group of five first-year students from Somerville travelled to Ghana in West Africa. They had planned to meet...

Heading back Home

"So, do you have any exams?”Almost every day for the past few weeks I have been confronted with this question, and the response is...

Chatting Up… The Delays

What image are you trying to put across and how would you describe yourselves? Whilst we say that we have an “uncool” style, the...

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