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Oxford’s Story Museum wins JM Barrie award for ‘Outstanding Achievement’

Oxford’s Story Museum is this year’s winner of the JM Barrie Award for Outstanding Achievement, granted in recognition of their significant contribution to children’s arts and literature.  This marks the second time that the museum has received national recognition since...
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We must fight the Right’s narrative about Oxford

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Media frenzies targeting our University and its students distract from the real issues facing higher education.

Dear summer school snobs, please pipe down

You might not like it, but in an era of rising financial pressures for the university sector, summer schools are not just harmless – they are essential.
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Embracing AI undermines academia

By facilitating copious AI usage, the University fails to deliver on its centuries-long tradition of encouraging original thought. 
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Let’s critique what protesters do, not who they are

I may not agree with all of their tactics, but I am grateful for those who make sure that our University is on the right side of history.
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Student voices must be heard

Conor Walsh -
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future. It’s about time we were treated as such.

Features

What’s in a name? The donors written on Oxford’s streets

Lilly Law -
Walking down Broad Street can sometimes resemble a school register. It would, admittedly, be...

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‘Extremely funny and emotionally intense’: ‘Your Funeral’ at the Burton Taylor Studio

Your Funeral is Pharaoh Productions’ debut play written by Nick Samuel, about the last conversation that ex-partners Anna (Rebecca Harper) and Jeff (Matt Sheldon) have after Anna’s terminal leukaemia...
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Review: Hill and Harmer’s A Life in Song – the strange world of Lieder

"poetry told across language through performance and music"
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‘Fright’s Out!’ at the Ultimate Picture Palace: ‘Dracula’s Daughter’

To call Dracula’s Daughter (1936) campy would be an understatement. In many ways it felt like a ridiculous version of Cat People (1942). At one point, examining the body...
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Lifestyle

Chivalry in the age of automatic doors

Matt Donnelly -
The waiter has just brought the bill, irritatingly diplomatic in his placement – middle...

Sport

Austria, the Allianz, and applause: How we make spaces divine

Natalie Tan -
In March I twice came...

Oxford Sailors take on the Celtic Sea

John Frame -
Many people would consider offshore...

The elusive magic of club cricket

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As summer draws to a...

Over 12,000 compete in the 2025 Oxford Half Marathon

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Thousands took to the streets...

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