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Christ Church Picture Gallery recovers stolen painting
One of the three paintings stolen from Christ Church Picture Gallery during a high-profile heist in March 2020 was returned, according to a joint press conference held by the...
EDI report reveals only one in three Oxford academics are women
The new University equality and diversity report shows women make up only one in...
Biology department equality displays repeatedly defaced
The Biology department’s EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) noticeboard and flags have been repeatedly...
Oxford Union believes populism is a threat to democracy
On Thursday night, the Oxford Union voted in favour of the motion “This House...
‘Rally for Gaza’ protest at Oxford Union talk featuring Nancy Pelosi
"A protest organised by student solidarity campaigns Oxford Palestine Society and Youth Demand has broken out in front of the Oxford Union where Nancy Pelosi is speaking."
Freshers’ Flu
From the sound of coughing in the lecture hall to a week of drowsy mornings accompanied with a box of tissues, few of you...
Women’s alliance
by Jonathan Bailey A petition has been started to save Oxford’s last remaining women-only college. Worried by debate on the governing body of St...
50% of students directionless
by Joanna Lee Morrison New research has revealed that over 50% of first year university students have no clear plans for future employment. The...
Clint Eastwood
by Timothy RileyUnion members were thrilled last Thursday at the chance to see one of Hollywood’s “living legends,” when Clint Eastwood appeared in front...
Dictionary gets ‘sexed-up’
by Mark Bedford In a new Oxford mini- dictionary released this week one of the most controversial expressions of 2003 has made its first...
A disorientating dialogue
Candice Breitz: Re-animations Candice Breitz’s installation, ‘Double Karen’ consists of two televisions facing each other in a stairway, one in front of you, the...
Dark Star Safari – Paul Theroux
In a recently published essay, Theroux states that he eschews cameras and travel snaps. A bold claim, but his descriptive prose in Dark Star...
In the footsteps of the Revolution
NATALIE TOMS visits the lefty student haven of cigars, Che and communist charm The silence is getting quite embarrassing. I don’t realise at first...
Preaching to the next generation
Wyclef Jean talks to WILLEM MARX about the music, the money and the messages behind his new album Wyclef was on stage, running through...
Short, sharp shock
Rowena Mason meets up with Clare Short before her Union address to discuss her views on Tony’s war Clare Short has always been audaciously...
Who are we?
KHURUM BUKHARI examines Oxford’s diasporas and questions of identity within the UniversityIn the 12th century, the Hebrew poet Yehuda Halevi wrote “While I in...
Say yes to Europe
Europe Playhouse Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October Ilan Goodman’s production of David Greig’s Europe asks the question “What is politics?”. At the same...
Also on stage…
Shakespeare’s Philoctetes Burton Taylor Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 October The blending of plays from such opposing poles of theatre as Greek tragedy and...
Chatting up…Jamelia
What are you up to at the moment? I’m currently being mobbed by fans in a shopping centre! But apart from that, I’m touring...
