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Torpids 2025: Bumps, slumps and eleven-spot jumps

Torpids: the bringer of cult-collegiate support, un-ironic unitards, and this year: the first blue skies in what has felt like an eon. Torpids sees...

Oxford Feminist Society condemns Oxford Union’s invitation of rapper convicted of assault

Oxford Feminist Society have condemned the Oxford Union for their invitation of convicted domestic abuser Dizzee Rascal. The rapper, whose real name is Dylan...

Lessons in Censorship: A Cautionary Tale against Bodleian Blacklists 

For some authors, the Bodleian Libraries have not always a safe haven for their work. Although marginalised texts are no longer demarcated with the phi symbol on their spines, with many having re-entered the undergraduate canon, Sophie Price discusses the valuable lessons we can learn from the Bodleian blacklist which remain pertinent today.

Oxford now has the right approach to animal testing

The current position of involving animal testing in research, but not teaching, is best

Oxford Union believes there is no moral difference between American and Russian foreign policy

In Thursday night’s debate, the Oxford Union voted in favour of the motion “This house believes there is no moral difference between American and...

Council’s new budget includes new council homes, community centres and tax rises

Oxford city council has agreed a new budget which will see the construction of over 1,500 council homes, two new community centres, and council...

Oxford study reveals support for online content moderation over freedom of speech

A global study recently conducted by the University of Oxford and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has shown that most people are in...

Christ Church receives surprise Lewis Carroll collection from US philanthropist

A private collection containing thousands of letters, photographs, books, and illustrations by the author Lewis Carroll has been donated to Christ Church by an...

Julie review – Free shots, toxic relationships, immersive theatre

My ticket to see Julie resembled an invite to a birthday party, promising a live DJ and that I would be greeted by ‘partygoers’...

Royal Society of Medicine CEO Michele Acton elected St Hugh’s Principal

St Hugh’s College has announced that Michele Acton, the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), has been elected its new principal....

Work hard, drink harder: Alcohol dependence and the Oxford experience

Since I arrived at Oxford, alcohol has been woven into the fabric of my university experience. Drinking isn’t just expected – it’s encouraged, celebrated, and deeply embedded in student culture. Nights out, pub trips, drinking societies, formals: Oxford demands drinking, and I’ve obliged, over and over again.

Oxford dancers reclaim the spotlight with Varsity win

In the dead of night, five figures emerge from the darkness. Blazers over their shoulders and hands on their hips, they start to sashay...

Oxford study investigates at-home diabetes tests

A new study at Oxford University Hospitals is investigating at-home diabetes tests which could play a key role in screening type-1 diabetes. The new...

Adam Leslie: ‘It felt like an ongoing adventure with characters I knew. That’s when writing became a language of its own’

Adam Leslie has always wandered among stories – daydreaming them, curating them, and now crafting his own. The Lincolnshire-born author, screenwriter, and Blackwell’s employee...

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