Saturday 14th February 2026

Opinion

Oxford is making you childish

With rooms cleaned, meals made, and jobs banned, Oxford students fail to experience true independence. Is it any wonder we're so childish?

Is lifetime membership a perk or a problem?

I couldn’t help but notice the sea of grey-haired, geriatric, white, men (mostly), who somehow still had the right to vote at the Oxford Union.

AI applications will quietly revive nepo hiring

When AI makes it impossible to tell what is real, recruiters will return to what (or who) they know. Is this a new age of nepotism?

In defence of the internship spreadsheet

It’s easy to criticise “internship culture”, with its nerves and competition, but it’s worth asking why it’s so contagious.

Is Tony Blair the right man for Europe?

Is Tony Blair the most competent presidential candidate for the European Union?

5 Minute Tute: Crash!

The economic parallels between the current crisis and 1929

The tumultuous change in journalism

We want more news, from more outlets

What’s the big idea?

Claire Fox explains why her Insitute of Ideas is intent on slaughtering 'sacred cows'.

The white suit confronts the MPs

Martin Bell explains why our corrupt Parliament is in desperate need of reform

5 Minute Tute: The UK Supreme Court

Nicholas Bamforth examines this major constitutional development

Should JCRs be autonomous from SCRs?

Is it time for JCRs to claim their full independence?

The BNP will forever claim it is a victim

Question Time could have improved the way in which it interrogated Nick Griffin. However, the BNP is always going to play the role of the victim

Question Time: It could have been so much better

The BBC was right to give us a chance to cross examine Nick Griffin. Question Time wasn't the right format.

Risa, we hardly knew thee

Nothing impassions a student quite like the closure of a mediocre nightclub

Guest Column: A right-wing libertarian renaissance

Telegraph Religion Editor examines the new 'righties'

Moir brings shame on the Daily Mail and herself

Moir's article on the death of Stephen Gately should never have been published, argues Tom Greene.

Time to think again

When there is near universal opposition of opinion to your actions, it is time to reconsider what you are doing.

Obama: worthy Nobel laureate?

Was Obama's Nobel peace prize merited?

5 Minute Tute: Matriculation

A look at the bizarre world of Oxford ceremony

The man to the left

The General Secretary of the Fabian Society talks politics, pluralism and principles

Guest Column: The EU is too big to ignore

The Director of Global Vision explains just how central the EU is

Old dog, new tricks?

The Conservative Association's latest incarnation hasn't yet proven that it is committed to changing its character

Should we get our say?

Assessing the merits, or otherwise, of a referendum.

Racism Doesn’t Merit Reward

The Tories have made a dire mistake in affiliating with the Conservative Association. We need to see that OCA has changed.

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