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Oxford College JCRs pass motions in support of pro-Palestine encampment

Several Oxford University junior common rooms (JCRs) have passed motions expressing solidarity with the recently established pro-Palestine encampment. St Anne’s College JCR is the latest to release a public statement...

Debate at Oxford’s Pharos Foundation votes for keeping Elgin Marbles

A debate event, “Losing Your Marbles”, held on 2nd May by an Oxford research...

Pro-Palestine protests continue after Vice Chancellor’s statement

Over 600 gathered in front of the Clarendon Building on 16 May for a...

Oxford research finds AI chatbots cannot provide information about latest news stories 

Latest research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) has shown...

University statement on Palestine Solidarity encampment affirms right to protest, outlines investment policy 

The University today released an official response to the pro-Palestine encampment organised by Oxford...

Radiohead serenade Oxford

A lucky Oxford audience salivated over a topless Jude Law and bartered over Jonny Depp’s pants last Sunday to raise money for terminally ill...

Oxford to be cigarette free city?

An Oxford city councillor has called for a citywide ban on smoking in public places, provoking anger from city pubs and students. Susanna...

Shotgun hold-up at Co-op

Two men violently robbed an Oxford supermarket last Friday night, escaping with a five-figure sum. The robbery occurred at approximately 10.30pm at the...

Tabs win second

Oxford has finished runners up to Cambridge in The Guardian’s league table of UK Universities for the second year running. It scored 83.33 out...

Oxford to Oxford in an Oxford

A couple have set out to travel from Oxford, England to Oxford New Zealand in a 1954 Morris Oxford. They expect their mammoth journey...

Tolkien’s House for Sale

No. 20 Northmoor Road, the Oxford house in which J.R.R. Tolkein lived for seventeen years and wrote The Hobbit, is up for sale. It...

Boat race inspires Chelsea garden

An exhibition at this year’s Chelsea flower show has been created to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. ...

Motion in the Ocean

St John’s JCR has decided to buy an island. The “Motion in the Ocean” was passed on Sunday in an attempt to alleviate the...

Queen’s sized Bedrooms

Members of Queen’s College JCR have accused their President of using a provision which ensures tall people do not get attic rooms to fix...

PM Oxford Loner

India’s new Oxford-educated Prime Minister was a “loner” with little charisma, according to his former doctoral supervisor. Manmohan Singh studied economics at Nuffield...

Bus disaster kills boy

An eleven-year-old girl saw her thirteen-year-old brother killed on Monday, when their school bus collided with a tractor. Tomas Ryan-Vig from Bicester, ten miles...

RON Labours to Win

RON has reared his ugly head once again in Oxford JCR elections. Last week, the ubiquitous but eternally silent candidate stormed to victory in...

Crackdown on Euro hooligans’ violence

The Home Office has announced strict new measures in an attempt to curb the violence of England supporters in Euro 2004. A record number...

Thoughts of the week

Undersexed, underpriced and over here. The Silver Ring Thing is the latest import from the States, and I bet it isn’t even really made...

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