Opinion

If Westminster won’t offer reparations, Oxford should

A diasporic fight that surged with UN-approved ambitions saw optimism dwindle early this month. Jamaican government officials have elevated their call for reparations with a petition to Buckingham Palace....

Opinion Madison Garrett -

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

I was too mentally exhausted to write this article, but I grew up watching my mother respond to every verbal harassment we faced on the street. When I once told her she could ignore it, she told me that they are relying on stereotypes surrounding Muslim women: they rely on us to be what they want us to be, silent and meek. It is our silence that emboldens them.

Opinion Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani -

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 -

No Boris, Churchill would never want ‘Brexit’

Boris might have written a biography about him, but he could not be more wrong about Churchill's attitude toward Europe

Unheard Oxford: Malgorata, a scout at Brasenose

Another viewing of the dreaming spires - Anna Agnello speaks with a member of staff at Brasenose about her routine

The OxStew: arrival of the Ubermensch

Minicabs and everything else to become unlicensed in Oxford.

Interview: Baroness Warnock

Patrick Mulholland interviews longtime crossbencher in the House of Lords, Mary Warnock. Baroness Warnock is a supporter of an 'established Church' and a champion of assisted dying

Profile: Ruth Hunt

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy quizzes Ruth Hunt, Chief Executive of leading UK-based lesbian, gay and bisexual equality organisation Stonewall, the largest gay equality body in Europe.

Profile: Ken Clarke

Freddie Hopkinson talks about Britain’s ongoing role in Europe with Tory front-bench veteran, Ken Clarke.

Ten years of Israeli Apartheid Week at Oxford

Outgoing President of Oxford Students' Palestine Society, Kate Guariento, shares her thoughts on the movement and the strides it has made in the past decade.

Brexit to divide more than an ever-closer union

Businesses, institutions and politicians take up position ahead of the EU referendum. Ben Evans weighs in on how these competing forces will act

Unheard Oxford: Ferhat Engin, barman at St. Catz

Another view from the Dreaming Spires: Alex Curtis stops by for a quick cocktail with Catz barman, Ferhat Engin

Interview: Jason Haigh on life, death and ISIS

Jason Haigh, the British mercenary fighting alongside Kurdish rebel forces, gives his experiences and insights from the frontline in Syria. IRSoc hosted this event.

Debate: ‘should we demolish Oxford’s modern buildings?’

Brutalist barbarities at Oxford’s ancient walls, or masterpieces of the city’s patchwork architecture? Max Kitson and Freddie Hopkinson question whether or not the City of Dreaming Spires has lost its charm.

Common sense gets its day in court

Guilt by association is on its way out, but what more is to be done? Elle Tait discusses changes to the law surrounding joint enterprise.

Safe spaces are essential for free debate

Zad El Bacha explains why liberating marginalised people from facing dehumanisation every day is no form of censorship.

Lessons from history: Napoleon’s escape from Elba (1815)

Patrick Mulholland takes a moment to remind you of Napoleon's escape from Elba: fluke or genius?

OULC general meeting debacle, what happened?

Redha Rubaie examines the recent controversy that has been tearing OULC apart, and looks forward to the future: where do they go from here?

Feel the Bern… while you can

Antonio Gottardello puts the brakes on Bernie's Sanders presidential bid, asserting that the Vermont senator will struggle to make headway in the southern states

Excuse my French!

Considering the prospect of finals, Alec Fullerton laments changes to the French language and responds in kind

A response to Max Leak’s Israel ‘experiment’

OxStu were recently tricked into publishing a piece of apartheid apologism with 'Israel' substituted for 'South Africa'. Bz Gilinsky argues that this proves nothing

Junior doctors hunt for the truth

Philip Pope takes stock of the ongoing fiasco surrounding junior doctor contracts. Is the imposition of a contract warranted?

How similar is pro-Israel discourse to apartheid apologism?

I swapped 'South Africa' for 'Israel' in a 1980s pro-Apartheid screed. The OxStu printed it

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