Saturday 23rd May 2026

Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now and then, I’ll be confronted...

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

Hip Hop is still a mantle for misogyny

Flora MacInnes examines the deeply misogynistic nature of hip hop music and questions how it continues to find mainstream acceptance.

Should a JCR be a political body?

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin and Alexander Rankine go head to head.

Interview: Rowan Williams

Nicholas Mutch talks Good Books with Rowan Williams

Interview: Owen Bennett Jones

Jessica Campbell speaks to the freelance journalist about Pakistani politics and tigers

Debate: Was Wolfson’s ‘Communist Bop’ in good taste?

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin and Joe Miles argue the merits of the controversial bop at Wolfson College.

Why I am a confirmed donkey-sceptic

Alexander Rankine's satirical look at the menace of donkey sanctuaries

The war over the war on drugs

Henry Course concludes that it's time to decriminalize

Why I voted against the gay marriage bill

Nicola Blackwood, Tory MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, tells students her reasons for opposing the same-sex marriage bill in parliament

OutFoxing the system

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin talks to libertarian thinker, Claire Fox.

Debate: Do Oxford students work too hard?

Alex Rankine and Anna Cooban go head to head.

Society must treat prisoners with greater respect

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin discusses penal reform after attending a talk with convicted murderer, Erwin James.

Is the Wadham Zero Tolerance policy fair?

Tom Beardsworth and Barbara Speed argue about the merits, or not, of the college JCR's new policy to combat sexual harassment

The Cherwell Profile: Ken Livingstone

Sean Ford speaks to the veteran of the Left, Ken Livingstone

Wadham sexual harassment motion reflects clash of values

Joseph Miles questions whether moves to combat sexual harassment are an infringement of justice

The Cherwell Profile: Peter Singer

Rowan Borchers meets the philosopher and vegetarian activist Peter Singer.

"Porn is not inherently misogynistic"

Simone Webb counters the arguments in last week's porn debate

Should college networks ban porn?

Jennifer Brown and Anna Cooban go head to head

5 Minute Tute: Women in Prison

Cherwell Voices speaks to Katie Fraser of the charity 'Women in Prison'

Animal rights protesters offer no credible alternative

Joe Miles questions the purpose of the recent Oxford anti-vivisection demonstrations.

Inside Port and Policy

Henry Zeffman infiltrates OUCA's weekly meeting

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