Wednesday 29th April 2026

Opinion

When I met Peter Mandelson

In October 2024, during the Oxford Chancellor election, one of my responsibilities as Deputy Editor of Profiles at Cherwell was to interview Peter (then Lord) Mandelson, who was among the five frontrunners contesting the election.

There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes...

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week...

The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.

Can you tell me where the University is?

It is not only the tourists for whom the university is elusive

Interview: Sir Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse talks science, scepticism and the Nobel Prize with Patrick Kennedy

Getting it right

Myles Karp explains why criticisms of the US pollster Nate Silver betray ignorance and wishful thinking

How the NUS ‘No Platform’ Policy became press censorship

Will this be the week that the Leeds Student Union lost its marbles?

Not a union man, through and through

Ben Deaner encourages students not to bother voting in the upcoming Union elections

Forget Socialising, Oxford’s one big network

Alexandra Sutton laments students' relentless networking

Interview: Michael Crick

Michael Crick, Channel 4's Political Correspondent, talks hackery with Tom Beardsworth

Why secession in Mali matters

Luke Samuel explains why we should we worried about the deteriorating security situation in the Sahara

An idea whose time has come

Daniel Tomlinson explains why the University needs to start paying a living wage to its staff

The Addiction to Prohibition

Annie Machon, MI5 whistleblower, talks to Chloe Cornish about the drugs war

‘No ifs, no buts, shut up about the cuts!’

Godrick Johnson picks apart the 'F**k Fees' protesters

Sides of the Scandal: Berlusconi

Comment sizes up Silvio

Obama’s Election Victory: do we care?

Izzy Westbury and Sarika Sharma debate the significance of an Obama second term

OUSU is doomed to dullness

Tom Beardsworth explains why only a measly proportion of Oxford students will vote in this year's OUSU elections

5 Minute Tute: Russia

Luke Harding, Guardian Foreign Correspondent and author of 'Mafia State', tutors Cherwell on Russia

Oxford Personalities of the Week

Cherwell brings you the multiple personalities who have made this week

America isn’t finished yet

Zachary Tate looks at the implications of an Obama second term

Cherwell’s Election Night Guide

The US Presidential election: what to watch and when to watch it

Interview: Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Britain's greatest living explorer talks to Patrick Kennedy about a lifetime’s travel

‘Being offensive is not an offence’

Huw Fullerton argues that speech, however sinister, should not be criminalised

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