Monday 30th June 2025

Opinion

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

Tourists are as much a feature of life as a student at this University...

Academic imperialism and the war on Oxford

For centuries Oxford has balanced town and gown, but increasing college acquisitions are jeopardising the city's very essence

The fate of Oxbridge Launchpad shows only the University can improve access

The most rewarding thing I did in my first year at university was to...

To every wannabe politician: get out there and volunteer

Xin Fan steps out of the bubble, volunteering at the Olympics, and urges politicians to do the same.

Running for President? It’s the same everywhere…

An ex-Union President takes a look at the similarities between running for the Union...and running to be President of the United States

Britain, Great?

Sarika Sharma on the need for a dose of horrible history.

Fake sofas and subfusc chic: the Oxford brand

Patrick Kennedy wonders if the Oxford brand has just gone a bit too far

How Community Organising is Reclaiming Politics

Jonathan Goddard explains why community organising has become the politics of the 99%

Could you become a UK citizen?

Mo Farah's Olympic success highlights the idiocy of government immigration policy

Young, Bright and Full of Shite

Ben Deaner colourfully considers the Beeb's attempt to needle Oxford Tories

Kids in Suits

Eleanor Bley Griffiths deplores the infantilisation of power

‘Life is short. Have an affair’

Tom Beardsworth looks into the murky business of adultery

Interview: James Delingpole

Right-wing author and journalist James Delingpole talks to Tom Beardsworth about the burden of always being right

Foreign interventionism doesn’t deserve its bad rep

Tom Beardsworth defends the doctrine of foreign humanitarian intervention against its most recent critics

Despite both sides’ interests, the Coalition is fragmenting

Ben Rosenbaum explains what we should read into the most recent Coalition bust-up

The Clegg-Cameron conundrum

Ben Deaner takes a sardonic swipe at the current Clegg-Cameron malaise

New undergraduate support is timely and right

James Burt explains why the new package of undergraduate support is both fair and sensible

Why the Moritz-Heyman donation is a philanthropic waste

Tom Beardsworth explains his exasperation at the ill-conceived Moritz-Heyman Scholarship

After Equal Marriage, what next for the LGBTQ movement?

Simone Webb explains why the movement must remain restless in the years ahead

The environment: compromise and dilution

Patrick Kennedy laments the failure of Rio+20 to save the climate

Smoking marijuana: the key to political success?

Izzy Westbury examines why politicians are increasingly eager to admit to smoking the weed

Interview: Hazel Blears

Hazel Blears MP talks to Tom Beardsworth about the murky world of internships

Is Oxford selling out?

Cherwell debates whether it's time to cap big donations

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