Tuesday 17th February 2026

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John Radcliffe Hospital hosts new institute for trauma, emergency, and critical care

A new Kadoorie Institute of Trauma, Emergency and Critical Care has been established within the University of Oxford.

Grammy-nominated musician appointed Christ Church Composer in Residence

“There doesn’t exist a handy document from Henry VIII’s HR department saying what it is that I should get up to.”

University raises concerns over proposed cuts to Oxfordshire fire service provision

Fire stations in Kidlington and Rewley Road, near the city centre, could be merged and replaced with a new station in North Oxford.

Oxford University to co-lead UK-Japan quantum technology projects

This was announced by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during Starmer’s visit to Japan on 31st January.

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...

Greece is the Word for Trinity Term

This week, The Oxford Playhouse plays host to an epic tale of war, the fall of a great city and the power of the...

The Critic – O’Reilly Theatre, Keble

It is with some trepidation that one reviews The Critic, a play which ridicules the very occupation of theatre reviewing. Sheridan does not, however,...

Love of the Nightingale – BT Early

Rape, violence, murder, jealousy and tongues being cut out may not be the ideal night out, but Love of the Nightingale (Wertenbaker) is a...

Tarantino Proves Thur-man once more

Kill Bill Vol. 2 Phoenix & Odeon No single figure in recent years has influenced the world of movie-making as resoundingly as Mr Tarantino....

50 First Dates

Odeon S.A.D. has a lot to answer for. Obviously there’s the escalating suicide rate in Scandinavian countries. And then there’s my high expectations of...

The Girl Next Door

Odeon The Girl Next Door is the kind of film for which the term fantasy really should be used, although thankfully not a single...

The Fog of War

A rare gem of a film doing the tour of select cinemas across the country at the moment is Errol Morris’ The Fog of...

Miss Kittin – I Com

Miss Kittin is a female DJ and one of the main progenitors of the electroclash movement. Electroclash happened in 2002, and we all now...

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