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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...

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What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

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The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

Opinion Leo Jones -

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

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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

Misogyny at Burns Night must stop

Ellen Peirson-Hagger argues that we must not ignore the degrading chauvinism that saturates sexist Oxford traditions

The OxStew: prayers for Dawkins answered

The Church realises its mistake, Richard Dawkins will receive a reprieve from God's justice

Unheard Oxford: Jimbob’s

Another view on the dreaming spires. Jim and Bob, the owners of the popular baguette shop, Jimbob’s, offers a special deal to Cherwell readers!

Recent OULC controversy betrays a wider issue

Ellie Bourne, Labour supporter and member of the Oxford Jewish Society, argues that Anti-Semitism has creeped into pro-Palestine movements on campuses and beyond

Lessons from history: abolition of Russian serfdom (1861)

Ebere Nweze recounts one of the most important events of modern Russian history. The emancipation of the serfs led to greater enfranchisement of the Russian people, and arguably postponed revolutionary unrest.

Trump and Berlusconi: is this the new politics?

Antonio Gottardello examines the worrying rise of controversial businessman politicians on both sides of the Atlantic.

Containing an epidemic: what is the Zika virus?

Tilly Nevin brings you up to speed with the latest public health scare, the Zika virus. What is it, and how best can we counter its effects?

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Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

What are children really learning from their screens?

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

I became more at home when I left home

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