Tuesday 8th July 2025

Opinion

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely implausible, not because of its depictions of the next trillion-or-so years of human evolution and...

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

Big dogs are a big mistake

Is it better to be tutored by someone who literally wrote the book?

Clubbing is the bane of my life

Stop ruining it for those who want to drown their sorrows in peace

Eliot to Eliot: My Life In Poems

Duncker is a British novelist and academic. She studied English and German at St. Hugh's College, Oxford.

More wilful ignorance from our gonzo columnist.

'"Just pull your willy out and stick it in there," she instructed'

My Euro-vision

Financial security for the Eurozone: 500 bn Euros. Hosting Eurovision: Priceless.

Who is David Cameron?

The enlightening comparison between Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' and our new PM

The Acceleration of the Universe

Expand your mind as award winning astrophysicist Prof. Brian Schmidt explains the secrets of the universe.

We Need a Unisex Union

"Myth: The only way for a woman to win is to sleep her way to the top".

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Whingers, serial whingers, and trolls take heed

Eagleton: The Dawkins Delusion

Terry Eagleton tells Rhian Petty why the Oxford Professor's atheism is just plain laziness.

Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Two-State Solution

Middle Eastern specialist Dr. Eugene Rogan explains the Hamas-ive problem and how he thinks it should be resolved.

Britain’s stupid? Try America.

Sukhendu Dev is US Visiting fellow at the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Oxford University.

The Real Hurt Locker

Reporter Hugh Pope tells Jessica Kelly why the Middle East has Been Laden with biased press

C-Pain Ffpitz

He's gazing at her, smiling. Why is his right hand under the table?

‘Where are all these eastern-Europeans coming from?’ ‘Brookes?’

Cherwell's gonzo columnist flails about in the quagmire of his own willful ignorance

Don’t try to spin anti-semitism

The Oxford Community should know better than to defend hate speech

George Alagiah: Six in the City

The BBC News front man talks to Joseph King about going from front line reporter to Nice Guy presenter

Be ambitious, but not boring

Oxford students go on to do amazing things. But don't worry about that yet.

A Big Fat Greek Crisis

Despoina Potari gives the inside story on Greece's debt and legitimation crisis

‘Coming Out’

Henry Carr explains why he went red for Oxford

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