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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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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...

The Stills – Live at The Zodiac

Canadian band The Stills sold out The Zodiac, promising an interesting plunge into ‘80s mope-rock, whilst trying not to be upstaged by the ought-to-be-huge...

Single Reviews

The Get Up Kids - Guilt Show - Out Now Don’t be fooled by its ominous name and gloomy collection of song titles (‘Martyr...

East is East: Golden Colours of the Past

Textile from the Islamic World Ashmolean Museum Until 13 June Islamic Art never fails to fascinate with its strong sense of aesthetics. From...

Shoe Fly Baby

Shoe Fly Baby, the 2004 Asham Award short story anthology, is eclectic to say the least. Taking us from a London brothel, to a...

Swallowing the Sun – David Parks

Martin is a man of destiny – or at least we are assured as much with mounting insistence throughout Swallowing the Sun. He has...

Sari Gul: Whirling Dervishes

Ever since Byron immortalised the famous simile “like dervishes, who turn as on a pivot” in Don Juan, the dervish has remained an enchanting...

London Marathon Man

The nipples and inner thighs were daubed with Vaseline, the tummy full of energy bars, and I was ready to go. The moment had...

Side Lines – Cricket

Cricket is often derided as a boring sport – Cherwell thinks that those who think so simply don’t get it, but will lay off...

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