Eggs of butterfly thought to be almost extinct found in Oxfordshire
On 16 January, staff and volunteers from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) discovered approximately two hundred brown hairstreak butterfly eggs. The...
Oxford Literary Festival returns as it launches 2024 programme
The Oxford Literary Festival is returning this year with events aimed at attracting younger festival goers and addressing the global issue of food insecurity....
“To know how somebody really feels about you, ignore everything they say. Look at how they touch you.”
Robin Dunbar is Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford, famous for his research on social networks and friendships. He is...
UCAS data reveals Oxbridge to have fewest applicants among UK Russell Group
The publication of UCAS’s 2023 end-of-cycle data showed that Oxford and Cambridge are the least popular among the UK’s 24 Russell Group universities.
Cambridge had...
Spotlight: The Gatehouse’s Community Café
The Gatehouse must be one of the only social enterprises in Oxford where an upsurge in usage is not necessarily a good thing. Since...
Immersive, seductive, orgasmic: review of The Bacchae
Inhale, exhale. The beating drum sounds louder as I walk further into the Keble O’Reilly. Turning left into the auditorium, I find the source...
ATIK Oxford won’t be closing despite rumours
Following speculations by many students regarding the future of nightclub ATIK’s operations, Cherwell contacted the parent company, Rekom UK, for comment. A spokesperson for...
Remembering Oxford: Memorialising “The City of Dreaming Spires”
"As I exit the library, it strikes me that in its memorials of people long deceased and its unchanging historical landscape, Oxford seems often at a standstill."
To all the pubs we’ve loved before: Crown Vs. Turf
Today we are putting two classic favourites, the Crown and Turf Tavern, head-to-head. Turf is arguably the most famous pub in Oxford. It was...
Oxford University receives millions of pounds from arms companies
An openDemocracy investigation has found that over the past five years, UK universities received over £100 million in donations, funding, and sponsorships from arms companies. According to the investigation, Oxford University has taken approximately £17 million, with the lion’s share of this money from Rolls Royce.
Tiddlywinks, Quidditch, and Psychedelic Drugs: Inside Oxford’s Strangest Student Societies
It’s Monday night. My friends have invited me to go clubbing, my essay is overdue, and I can’t remember the last time I got...
In conversation with Chair of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, Laura Marks CBE
Today marks 79 years since the liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Since 2001, on this day, there has been an international commemoration of...
On scouring for words, snollygosters and soaked trousers with Mark Forsyth
If you could hear my bursts of laughter through the hallways of the Glink in the summer of ‘23, I apologise. But all credits...
Flapping wings: taking the chicken scene by storm
There are two KFCs in central Oxford – one on Cowley Road and the other on Cornmarket – and until a few years ago...
