Sunday 24th 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...

2012: An Alternative Look

Cherwell says goodbye to 2012 with a satirical rundown of the past year's events

It’s beginning to look a lot like Armageddon

Max McGenity sees our prophesied deaths as the perfect opportunity to sort our lives out

One Nation under Miliband

Tom Perrin notes that it has taken a Labour politician to recognise that ‘One Nation’ is the only way forward for Britain

An inevitable crisis? The bloody conflict in the Congo

Luke Samuel considers the history behind the protracted violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Why we love to bash the Tabs

What is it that fuels such irrational animosity between Oxford and Cambridge?

Local prejudice: West Oxford MP opposes equal marriage

Rio Jones highlights the prejudice and hypocrisy behind the opposition to equal marriage of Tory MP Nicola Blackwood, whose constituency, Oxford West and Abingdon is home to many of the University's students.

Press vultures: the media’s troubling response to tragedy

Alexander Rankine laments the media's often confused, insensitive and hypocritical response to tragedy, as showcased by the reaction to the death of an innocent nurse

Forget the Foetus, that’s enough royal baby for now

Huw Fullerton urges an end to the countless articles about his/her tiny unborn majesty. This article excluded, of course.

Should High Table be Abolished?

Comment discuss the benefits of the age old Oxford institution

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

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