Sunday 24th 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...

Finland: putting the final touches on a radical curriculum

Sara Semic discusses the radical education policies Finland has pursued and whether this model can provide a good template for the UK

Kanye not? The racism behind Glastonbury petition

Luke Barratt explores the reasons behind a popular petition against Kanye West’s recently announced Glastonbury booking

The double standards of the Left

The 'Oxford radical Left' are hypocritical and fighting to preserve freedom of speech only when it suits, Jan Nedvidek argues

Israeli Election results spell disaster for peace

Sebastian Fox explains why the result of the Israeli election earlier this week has thrown up further obstacles to a settlement between Israel and Palestine

Clarkson and the cultural split

Ruth Hayhow argues that the public's reaction to Jeremy Clarkson's suspension is indicative of a wider cultural split

Palestine has history on its side

In his weekly column, James Elliot argues that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has to make a breakthrough

OxStew: School outreach programme for Oxford University

In our weekly satire, Fergus Fungus talks about a new secondary school 'outreach' programme with Oxford University

We must end our love affair with the tutorial system

Alexander Rankine argues that the tutorial system is too expensive, ineffective and anachronistic

Debate: Should you keep who you vote for private?

Tom Robinson and Tom Carter debate whether you should have to justify your vote when talking to others

The Campaign: Oxford Students’ Disability Community

Tris Smith on why there is still work to be done when it comes to disabilities

Interview: Denis Goldberg

Isabelle Monteiro talks to Denis Goldberg about South African and Israeli apartheid

Run, run as fast as you can

Tom Robinson criticises the latest development in plans for televised leadership debates in the run up to May's general election

The University should not neglect OxHub

In response to this week's story on OxHub's funding problems, Makena Löhr argues that, despite what the University says, the Hub provides a much valued and much needed service

Porn & Policy at Teddy Hall

In his weekly column, James Elliott reflects how Teddy Hall JCR's decision to scrap its honorary member, Jenna Jameson, shows how Oxford politics can become sanitised and fake

Debate: Are crewdates an outdated Oxford institution?

Alistair Sterling and Harry Gosling ask whether crewdates have become a thorn in the side of 'progressive' Oxford

Student apathy should be blamed for OUSU’s malaise

Zachary Spiro argues that if all you do is complain about OUSU then you too are part of the problem

OxStew: Unless conscious, college choice does not matter

In our weekly satire, it seems that it really doesn't matter which college you apply to, unless you are a fully conscious human being

The Campaign: Oxford Climate Society

Karolina Kalinowski, President of Oxford Climate Society, talks about using creativity to move climate change up the political agenda

Interview: Reni Eddo-Lodge

Mary Reader talks to Reni Eddo-Lodge about equality and liberation

Let’s stop the stigmatisation of self-harm

In response to Cherwell publishing a much altered version of an article he wrote without his consent, Giles Neal gives his thoughts on self-harm

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