Tuesday 26th 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...

Profile: Gina Miller

Marianna Spring speaks to Gina Miller about Brexit, fearlessness and challenging Theresa May

The ‘post-truth’ era is a product of liberal denial

James Lamming argues that making ‘post truth’ the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year is a fundamentally arrogant move

So, what will actually happen at Donald Trump’s inauguration?

Fred Dimbleby looks ahead to the traditional inauguration of the 45th President of the United States of America

Science may be far from true

Rachel Dunne on a branch of philosophy that argues that progress is biased by social factors

Oxford – a tale of two cities sitting in the same space

SJ Novak describes what happens to town-and-gown when students disappear, and how the hush of the midwinter streets betrays something important about our community

Debate: does fake news directly threaten democracy?

Richard Birch and Joe Baverstock-Poppy debate whether fake news poses a damage to the democratic systems around us

The stigma of a woman travelling alone

Erin Melton discusses her own and others' experiences travelling alone as a woman

Bigger babies? So what?

Taking a closer look at the claim that caesarean sections are driving evolution

The week according to… An Oxford tutor

As dreamt up by James Lamming

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Religion

Cat Bean wishes that Oxford's theological history was more inclusive

A spectre is haunting Europe

Richard Birch reflects on what the new year may hold for Paris

Celebrity deaths: an insensitive media onslaught?

Olivia Webster reflects on the tragic trend of celebrity deaths, what it says about modern culture and media coverage

I’m taking the 10% giving pledge—and you should too

Rob Pepper details his reasons for subscribing to effective altruism with the Oxford-based charity Giving What We Can

2016 is dead, long live 2017?

Julia Routledge casts her eye back on a profusion of disheartening events in a year of great change

Cocaine’s fundamental flaw

Ellie Lee sees the hypocrisy between some students' ethics and their drug use

The Rise of Evil: a user’s guide

James Lamming on the unscrupulous way to power in the 21st Century

Why Theresa May should call an election in 2017

Maxim Parr-Reid argues that an election in 2017 would benefit the incumbent Conservative Party

Labour has a long way to go, but it is far from disconnected from reality

Alfie Steer disagrees with President Obama's disheartening comments on Corbyn's party

Can Labour win the Copeland by-election?

Maxim Parr-Reid argues that Corbyn's party could be in serious danger in the upcoming by-election

The death of irony: in defence of Giles Coren

Susannah Goldsbrough takes issue with recent criticism levelled at Giles Coren

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