Tuesday 16th June 2026

Opinion

Who gets to build the future: On tech bros

While scrolling through social media, a video appeared on my feed titled “Remember who you are, start-up boy”, followed by a montage of clips of young Mark Zuckerberg and...

Gender is what you make of it

If you ever dare to become an audacious transsexual like me, you may have...

I will not be misquoted into silence 

Arwa Elrayess responds to recent national media coverage.

The sound of belonging: Exclusion through language

Calls for migrants to learn English, supposedly for the purpose of ‘integration’, have formed...

Could new legislation cripple OUSU?

James Blythe assesses the restraints the Transparency Bill could place on Oxford's student union

We Can Still Save Syria

Mark Crawford argues that Syria is no lost cause

Syria – What should happen next?

Marc Pacitti asks whether the US really has the appetite for intervention in Syria.

Debate: Is the Norrington Table ridiculous?

Joe Miles and Anna Cooban discuss the relevance of Oxford's college ranking system.

Gibraltar: A post-colonial nightmare

Puerile politics will not solve the latest dispute over the sovereignty of Gibraltar

Political Correctness – Anything But Mad?

Marc Pacitti argues that political correctness is anything but mad.

It’s the economy, stupid

Thatcher’s former Chancellor Nigel Lawson talks to Nick Mutch

Dear Successful Applicants…

Donald Cloovin addressed all those who have successfully met their A-level offers

Media coverage of immigration ‘overwhelmingly negative’

A recent Oxford University study finds 'illegal' and 'failed' to be the words most linked with immigration in the British press

Interview: Hadley Freeman – How to be Awesome

Sadie Levy Gale talks brazilians, Feminism and Daily Mail bashing with Hadley Freeman

Interview: Rory Stewart

Rachel Savage talks to Rory Stewart MP about politics at home and abroad

My first death threat

Anna Leszkiewicz recalls her recent experience of recieving bomb threats online

Interview: Katie Hopkins

Matt Broomfield speaks to outrage-inducing TV commentator Katie Hopkins about social mobility and 'the shortcut system'.

Let’s not spoil all the fun: A response to Marc Pacitti

Tom Perrin responds to Marc Pacitti's republican piece on the birth of Prince George.

Unto Us is Born a Son

Marc Pacitti argues the republican case against the monarchy.

Malala Yousafzai: 16-year-old takes on the Taliban

Alexandra Sutton examines how Yousafzai’s stand against the Taliban highlights the plight of millions of uneducated women

Should Tommy Robinson speak at the Union?

Joe Miles argues that if UAF really wants to stop fascism, they must let Tommy Robinson speak

A good week for US liberty?

Joe Miles evaluates whether the DOMA ruling has done enough for personal liberties in the US, in the same week as the Snowden affair escalates

The perils of Linking In

Tom Beardsworth examines how the professional networking site exposes the worst of us

Bubble Vision: House of Lords

Nick Hilton considers whether Oxford is complicit in the preservation of this stained glass ceiling

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