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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.

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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.

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Home Office proposes doubling of Campsfield capacity

The Home Office has proposed a second phase of development to the Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), increasing its capacity from 160 to 400 beds.

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New Oxford campaign seeks to demystify genetic and neurological conditions using animations

A new educational campaign developed by the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Oxford aims to make neurodevelopmental disorders easier to understand through a series of animated videos.

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Bored this Summer? Try… Blenheim Palace

Just a twenty minute cycle ride away from central Oxford lies a haven which lacks the bustle of Oxford life. It has been the...

Knowing and seeing

At twenty, stalking has become a past time of mine. Though it started out as inadvertent; a mere raised eyebrow at seeing the name,...

Confidence tricks

It’s something all of us seek to some extent, often agonize about and usually want more of. No I’m not talking about the first...

Gentleman Prefer Blondes

The new celebrity craze for “chestnut” locks isn’t doing anything for me. I mean, who seriously likes the colour brown? It’s the colour of...

Chatting Up… Ben Miller

Which books are currently littering your bedside table at the moment? 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene and Writing a Screenplay by John...

Some productions are born great

Twelfth Night Oriel Gardens Twelve months ago, theatregoers were denied the delights of Oriel quad’s annual allotment of classic drama when Marlowe’s Edward II...

A Message for the Broken Hearted

It’s the ultimate dilemma for the indecisive: two women, attractive, intelligent, devoted. One’s your wife, the other’s your mistress, but really there is little...

The Transit of Venus

Astronomical occurrences have always held a particular fascination for humanity. One such example is the Transit of Venus, when the planet can be seen...

The Topsy-Turvy World of Gilbert & Sullivan

The Topsy-Turvy World of Gilbert and Sullivan is a cheerily nostalgic piece, following the career of the legendary composing duo through the Nineteenth Century...

Forget the aliens, watch the weather

Roland Emmerich, the director of The Day After Tomorrow, doesn’t pull any punches when it comes to making a political statement. The most iconic...

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring

I usually have to steel myself for watching a Kim Ki-Duk film. Ki- Duk has made a name in Korea as an uncompromising director:...

A Beauty just Skin Deep

Avril Lavigne Under My Skin Out Now Avril Lavigne is a strikingly attractive woman. Her huge dark eyes, lank hair and ripped jeans make...

Live: PJ Harvey @ The Zodiac

Contrary to understandable but misguided popular belief, PJ Harvey does not belong in the waify indie chick-rocker department. Her second of two sold-out shows...

Ash: Meltdown

Nothing beats the good old days of 1977. How the 17-year-olds managed to come up with classic, catchy rock is anyone’s guess. Pity they...

Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street

They told us Quiet is the New Loud in 2001. Now, the Kings of Convenience are back with their Riot on an Empty Street....

Kaboom! Comic explosion hits Oxford

The Imps and the Revue are the two main branches of Oxford student comedy. The more famous Revue has existed for 50 years and...

David Levinson – Most of us are here against our will

Texas is the backdrop for this remarkable collection of short stories, which portray characters including drug addicts, out of work actors and a porn...

Helen Walsh – Brass

I was handed this book on the way to the gym. Wandering through sun-dappled cloisters, the sounds of birdsong and cricket practise enveloping me,...

Love Eight Relationship on Isis

Summer Eights 2004 After last year’s historic double headship, Pembroke College came down to earth with a bump or two during this year’s Summer...

Nose runs to Hockey Cuppers victory

Brasenose won their second Mixed Hockey Cuppers title in three years after defeating a combined LMH/ Trinity side 1-0 in at Iffley Road. ...

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