Tag: oxford

There is the college self, who you become when you queue for the dining hall, do your laundry, and collect parcels from the porter’s lodge.

Given its intense media coverage and everything that seems to be on the line, I feel as though I have been anxiously awaiting the results of the 2026 US midterm elections for weeks, months – maybe years.

When I sit down to interview second-year Ancient and Modern History student Robin Munday, he happens to be wearing his Swiss Glacier Pistol Club fleece.

Oxford City Council has approved plans to transform Oxford's Clarendon Centre into a new public square, with trees, seating, and a water feature.

Pro-Palestine protesters marched from Cowley to the Weston Library on Saturday 31st October, demanding Oxford University’s divestment from Israel.  Around 120 people attended the protest,...

How could the outcome of the US midterm elections ever affect an Oxford student? Well, the elections might affect the cost of your next...

Two forms of identification will be required to vote at the Oxford Union following consecutive instances of electoral fraud involving impersonation.

Oxford’s political party societies have a dual reputation. On one side of the coin, many boast long-standing histories and influential alumni, from Clement Attlee to David Cameron. Flip to the tail end, and you find a termly reality of boisterous drinking socials and inconclusive debates that are, in the words of Cherwell’s Stanley Smith, “more fixated with personality than party”. But does this reputation really disrupt the confines of what these political party societies are made for?

It is a worrying thought that what sits on your bookshelf today could be out of reach tomorrow. You might believe book banning to...

At a recent march in Oxford against the far right, one speaker’s words really struck a chord with me: “We need unity irrespective of...

It isn’t often that fiction becomes reality. But that is exactly what has happened to Quidditch, now named Quadball.

This year, Spiced Roots celebrates its tenth anniversary, and Oxford has every reason to join the party.

Amidst recent political tension provoked by the government’s refusal of slavery reparations to the Caribbean, this year Black History Month is celebrated uniquely in...

It’s Budget Day as I sit in the foyer of the Oxford Playhouse. Down in Westminster, Chancellor Healey faces his first major test. But...