Friday 11th July 2025

Opinion

Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from the centre to more perilous waters? Recently, Brasenose students were threatened with £150 fines from the...

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely...

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...

Africa’s Caesar: the paradox of Paul Kagame

Luke Samuel discusses the ambition, determination and dark side of Rwanda's Paul Kagame

Blagging the news: climate change

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat on climate change

Who’s afraid of Big Bad Oil?

Philip Saville argues that Big Oil is not to blame for our addiction to fossil fuels

5 Minute Tute: Climate Change Talks

WWF's Director General Jim Leape explains why there has been so little progress in discussions over climate change

Misanthrope: say no to pizza, and yes to recycling

Misanthrope puts aside its propensity for skepticism to raise two fingers at those ruining the planet

Interview: Jeremy Leggett

Jeremy Leggett talks candidly to Sammy Talalay about the impending energy crisis

Should developed countries tackle global warming first? YES

Jack Harris makes the case for developed countries shouldering the responsibility for climate change

Is France ready for François, or steady with Sarkozy?

The French presidential election is a choice between hope and realism, argues Joshua Jacobs

Leaving a generation behind

Philip Saville talks to Donna Sinclair about why Oxbridge is out of reach for many black children

Misanthrope: let students make fools of themselves

Misanthrope rants about colleges cracking down on drinking societies and the media that fuels their paranoia

Speaking up for science

Adam Jordan stresses the need to get more people doing science

5 Minute Tute: Darfur

Richad Cockett sheds some light on the complex issue of Darfur

India suffers for Rushdie’s silence

Sammy Talalay argues that protecting free speech needs to be knee-jerk if it is to be effective

James Landale’s political close shave

Sophie Jamieson talks to the BBC's Deputy Political Editor about his Movember campaign, political poetry and the tricks of the journalist's trade

Blagging the news: healthcare reform

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat.

Misanthrope: The 2012 Olympics

Misanthrope shares some thoughts on why to be excited about the Olympic Games in London

5 Minute Tute: Sub-Saharan Africa

Professor Paul Collier analyses the challenges facing the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa

A third state, and now a third victor

Jack Harris discusses the political fervour that is winning Newt Gingrich so much support

Fame, fortune and philosophy

Robert Winston talks to Sammy Talalay about his career as an academic, researcher and thespian

Blagging the news: Scottish Independence

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat

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