Monday 14th July 2025

Opinion

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

I do not support Palestine Action. No one can after midnight on Saturday the 5th of July, when the order by the Home Secretary, approved by both Houses of...

Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...

The Language Faculty is promoting intelligence, not artifice

Isaac Asimov’s fantastic short story ‘The Last Question’ has always struck me as vaguely...

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

Profile: Abass Saidtaha

Jack Schofield discusses starting life anew in Oxford with Syrian refugee Abass Saidtaha

Freshers, the Union’s not worth it

Luke Barratt tells freshers to save their money and resist the lure of membership of the Oxford Union

Interview: Ian Drake

Harry Gosling discusses bikes and gold medals with British Cycling’s Chief Executive

David Cameron’s bad summer in Brussels

Tycho Onnasch discusses the Prime Minister's attempted renegotiation of EU treaties

The OxStew: Domino’s fall at freshers’ fair

Riot breaks out in Exam Schools as the Domino's stand runs out of pizza

The International Student: Closed for business

Amol Chalisgaonkar argues that the UK government's proposed changes to work visas for non-EU students send out all the wrong messages

Does an Oxford degree mean you are set for life?

Emily Dillistone and Dan Minister debate whether Oxford is as invaluable as some think

An open letter to British freshers

Jacob Williams, founder and editor of No Offence magazine, addresses students' perceived reluctance to confront difficult ideas

The responsibility of free speech

Cherwell's Comment Editors explain the reasons behind publishing Jacob Williams' open letter and why Cherwell condemns 'No Offence'

Getting a fair deal for junior doctors

Tom Fordwoh warns that the proposed changes to the contract for junior doctors could have wide-ranging implications

Why social media doesn’t promote social justice

Mark Barclay argues that social media ultimately fails to tackle the world's problems

Sell Us the Truth

Freddie Hopkinson explores the consequences of the recent scandal at Volkswagen

Raise the Pink Flag

Hannah Foxton discusses the fall out of the Corbyn victory in the Labour Party

Time to open up

Emmeline Skinner Cassidy describes her personal experience of the refugee crisis from Syria

There’s a problem in paradise

The growing strain on the refugee crisis' forgotten island

God Save the Queen?

Freddie Hopkinson seeks to understand the meaning of Britain's continued obsession with its longest reigning monarch

The Queen and Oxford: a 63 year relationship

The Queen's 63 year reign has seen the fruition of a rich relationship between monarchy and Oxford University

The Rise of the Right Wing Student

Emily Dillistone discusses the increasingly right wing perspectives of modern students.

From oddity to absurdity

Taco Prins highlights the misgivings of the House of Lords

Beating the dopers: do whatever it takes to win

Harry Gosling argues that lifetime bans are the only way to beat the cheats

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