Tuesday 28th April 2026

Opinion

When I met Peter Mandelson

In October 2024, during the Oxford Chancellor election, one of my responsibilities as Deputy Editor of Profiles at Cherwell was to interview Peter (then Lord) Mandelson, who was among the five frontrunners contesting the election.

There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes...

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week...

The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.

Interview: Mark Littlewood

Robert Walmsley discusses liberty and the state with Mark Littlewood

Debate: Should you give directly to the homeless?

With Oxford's homeless population among the UK's highest, Louee Dessent-Jackson and Nick Mutch discuss what we can do.

Interview: Jack Gleeson

Nick Hilton talks fame, philosophy and PhDs with Game of Thrones star Jack Gleeson

Drugs investigation: the case for legalisation

Matt Broomfield argues that the socioeconomic reasons for legalisation cannot be ignored

Just because they’re right…

...doesn’t mean that they aren’t alright

Was Mark Duggan wrongfully killed?

Following the jury's verdict of 'lawful killing', James Elliot and Billy Beswick discuss whether further investigation is required

Interview: Iain Dale

Robert Walmsley talks politics and presenting with blogger Iain Dale

Tom Mendelsohn on drinking societies and the media

The online student editor of The Independent discusses the relationship between the press and Oxford’s drinking societies

Drinking societies: a class distinction

Teddy Hall student Nusa Bartol-Bibb considers the flaunting of privilege in drinking societies

Question and answer with Regent’s Rabbits

C+ discusses Regent's Rabbits, a female drinking society at Regent's Park, with Queen Bunny Beth Hibbert and Princess Bunny Henna Shah

Drinking societies – a relic of Oxford?

Following last term’s drinking society controversies, C+ investigates the role drinking societies play in Oxford today

Beyond the Bubble…

Jacob Williams discusses current affairs outside of Oxford

Why isn’t politics taught in schools? The answer is politics

Emma Hewitt asks why politics isn’t taught in schools and whether there is a political agenda behind this.

Has the UK’s attitude to drugs changed?

With Nigella Lawson's return to our screens soon after the revelation of her drug-taking, Alice King asks whether the UK's outlook on drugs has been changing in recent years.

Interview: Owen Jones

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin talks Labour, the Left, and the Living Wage with commentator Owen Jones

Turing’s pardon was not the right solution

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin discusses the Government's decision to pardon codebreaker Alan Turing

Don’t wish me a Happy New Year

Max Long critcises the concept of New Year's Eve celebrations

Artistic expression needs to be defended

Vandana Venkatesh contends artistic expression needs to be defended against increasing self-censorship, as provocative art is needed to challenge and stimulate debate in society.

Interview: Peter Tomka

Robert Macquarie talks to the President of the International Court of Justice about the future of international dispute resolution

Our approach to abortion and disability is contradictory

Josh Peppiatt discusses the contradictory ethical traditions witnessed in UK hospitals which ensure that the lives of some unborn, disabled babies are saved and others aborted

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