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Oxford’s new Reform UK society puts students like me at risk

“Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me” -Excerpt...
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The hypocrisy of Oxford academics invoking ‘academic freedom’ for Nathan Cofnas

Now, it cannot be clearer: ‘Academic freedom’ is only ever collectively invoked for those like Nathan Cofnas.
Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

The hypocrisy of aestheticised wilderness

We seem to have been locked in an eternal attempt at domination over nature for millennia. My recent trip to Thailand shifted this into clear focus: perhaps the attempt was never really about humans over nature.
Opinion Ava Doherty -

What does Pride mean to you? A reflection on identity

I was so excited to connect with the rest of the group through our shared enthusiasm and experiences. Eagerly, I contacted many other queer friends to join. Their responses would soon shock me.
Opinion Kristof Sitanyi -
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Westminster on the Potomac: The Americani(z)ation of British Politics

"The growing interest in the US’s idiosyncratic take on football is not the only way in which the world’s largest economy has come to influence British culture."

‘This is how it’s always been’

Precedent is not always best – let’s hear out people’s different perspectives and ultimately if they have a convincing case things should change. 

Week 5 editorial

Pieter Garicano, Cherwell Editor-in-Chief: A feature of student journalism is the lack of distance between the journalist and their subject. The media in London get...

The time for rhetoric is over: We need safe and legal routes now

Politicians continue to play into the narrative that they are the ones in the wrong, mislabelling asylum-seekers as ‘illegal’.

Hedgerows or hedge funds? Hitchens and Hannan at the Sheldonian

Hannan tempered Hitchens' despair with a call to hope. For him, Brexit really could represent a new dawn for Britain.

Pierre Poilievre: Canada’s next Prime Minister?

His very rise to power was predicated on the anti-vax “Freedom convoy”, but he also has made frequent attacks against the World Economic Forum and their COVID-19 recover plan, dubbed the “Great Reset”, a favourite target of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in Canada

Week 3 editorial

Pieter Garicano, Cherwell Editor-in-Chief: Our front page this week deals with the mismarking of finals and their consequences. One student had a 64 marked as...

Hybrid homes – fitting and not

"Oxford terms are frequently described as fever dreams, digestible only through Instagram photo dumps and Facetime debriefs."

We should back Ukraine’s demand for a Nuremburg-style tribunal

Britain, along with the collective West, has a moral duty to support Ukrainian President Zelensky's request for a special tribunal.

Why austerity isn’t the answer

Hunt can take the opportunity of Halloween to bury the zombie economics of austerity by choosing to tax the rich and set out a plan for the green future of our economy.

The centre cannot hold – What is the Republican Party?

And it looks as though there will be a next time. I think Trump will run, and if/when he does, he will almost certainly be the Republican nominee; frankly he will be quasi-coronated.

Is The Union worth it?

Ultimately the hefty price tag of membership is the pinnacle of deciding on membership or not.

Journalism paywalls — a necessary evil?

If they don’t want to bow to pressures, sources are left with no option other than to start charging their readers.

Covid, War, Climate change: the end of our globalised world?

"Another diplomatic and economic bomb is waiting to explode: our dependency on China."

Careers and Connections – the One Woman Mission

"Being an Oxbridge graduate is said to open doors - but not if you don’t know which doors to push."

Week 1 editorial

Statement of retraction: On Tuesday night, we received a complaint about an article which had been published in our Life section and which was...

Death to the Single-Sign-On

This kind of tokenistic “look-we’re-doing-something-helpful” attitude has seeped into every corner of routine Oxford life.

Week 0 editorial

Pieter Garicano, Cherwell Editor-in-Chief: Sometimes, things are as bad as they seem. A gale descends on the global economy. The energy and cost-of-living crisis will...

You shall go to the ball – The Trinity tale of breaking and entering

Ball-crashing can only be a liberationist act if it has no impact on the people who genuinely paid for their ticket.

Why Giorgia Meloni’s election makes me fear for my right to abortion

Giorgia is entitled to her personal opinion, as all women should be, but the problems caused when female leaders publicly express pro-life views are manifold.
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