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...

A day at the races

John Maier reviews the recent glut of political leadership contests

The coup in Turkey: an aid to authoritarianism

Tom Gould evaluates what the failed military coup means for Erdogan's presidency

A cultural devolution

Adam Dumbleton questions the methods used in making culture, history and art more accessible to younger audiences

Nice attack: terror made at home, not abroad

Toby Williams argues that France must treat problems at home if it hopes to combat terrorism

Why Oxford University should hold on to Celtic languages

Emily Dixon argues against the downsizing of yet another less profitable university department

Leadsom’s Legacy: what could have been…

With Theresa May taking office, Louis McEvoy imagines the Leadsom Premiership we so narrowly, and unfortunately, missed out on

Human lives must trump society’s borders

Contemporary instabilities have shown that national borders and prejudices ooze hate, writes Jessica Evans in the wake of Elie Wiesel's death

Bring on Brexit

Following the decision of the British people to exit the European Union, supporters of the Remain side immediately lashed out in hateful, alarmist, and...

Labour’s Flawed Electoral System

The Labour Party may well be a mass membership organisation. Jeremy Corbyn, however much some want to topple him, was indeed democratically elected by...

Brexit: have you heard the good news?

Some of you may have missed the fallout from the recent EU referendum, which by all accounts was a minimal and rather subdued affair...

Scottish Independence: a referendum too far?

The course of politics, Shakespeare may well have said, never did run smooth. The EU referendum was always going to disturb that path in...

Can 17,410,742 people be wrong?

While some may cry ‘vox populi vox dei’, it certainly wasn’t the voice of any God the people expressed last Thursday.

What now? The post-Brexit situation

Arun Dawson reflects on the aftermath of the EU referendum

The EU Referendum: We must not forget the 48.1 per cent

Freddie Hopkinson calls for a strong pro-EU front after the referendum results

Racial equality in the queer community

Simran Uppal argues that the LGBTQ+ community in Oxford, and in general, all too often marginalises queer people of colour

The human consequences of our border laws

Alex Marshall recalls migrant's stories from his time visiting Campsfield House, which challenge many of our notions of illegal immigration

Interview: Nigel Warburton, best-selling philosopher

Daniel Sutton discusses dialogues, diversity and popularising philosophy with the well-know philosopher Nigel Warburton

Brexit: an academic nightmare

Tom Carter argues that EU funding is vital to British academic institutions and voting out will lead to their intellectual impoverishment

One thing I’d change about Oxford… Greggs

This week, Alex Oscroft questions Oxford's inexcusable lack of Greggs

Georgi Pirinski: an MEP’s Brexit perspective

Toby Williams sits down with the former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria and current MEP to discuss the benefits of the EU for Britain

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