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Gareth Lim elected Oxford Union President for Michaelmas 2026 in re-poll

Cherwell News - 2 days ago

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Galliano for the masses (on the Zara sale rack)

Victoria Corfield - 2 days ago

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Formula One’s controversial 2026 regulations

Gabriella Bedford - 6 hours ago

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‘This isn’t a culture war. It’s a war on culture with a very long history’: Dan Hicks on Rhodes, racism, and the Pitt Rivers

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith - 5 hours ago

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Change to Rowing Clubs’ Rules of Racing for transgender athletes sparks backlash

A change to Oxford University Rowing Clubs’ (OURCs) Rules of Racing means that only athletes assigned female at birth may now row in a Women’s boat. This applies to boats entered in both inter-collegiate and university-level competitions. Several student boat...

Sophi Hayes-Hoyle - 13th May 2026

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The Oxford donors in the Epstein files

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith - 3rd May 2026

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Oxford researchers trial non-invasive diagnostic scans for endometriosis

Melissa Eddon - 11th May 2026

Students encounter issues with voting registration during local elections

Hattie Simpson - 9th May 2026

Opinion

The Oxford Union has a far-right problem

Arun Lewis - 13th May 2026

The Oxford Union has regularly been the subject of public outrage. From the 1933 ‘King and Country’ debate, upon which the Union, now, regularly...

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.

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There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes and even newer anxieties combine as the daunting concept of...

Leo Jones -

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

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading...

Morwenna Stinchcombe -

Oxford needs a women’s college

Lucy Pollock - 9th May 2026

Naturally, I loathe to say that Cambridge does anything better than Oxford, but I can’t deny that there is one thing I will always...

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

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We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem

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Features

The Oxford donors in the Epstein files

Beatrix Arnold and Stanley Smith -

The appearance in the 'Epstein files' of the names of a number of Oxford University's most prominent donors raises questions about the University's sources of funding.

‘The only woman in Hall’: Gender and college governance

Ruby Barenberg and Hattie Simpson -

When Baroness Alexandra Freeman became Principal of Hertford College last month, she did not initially realise she was the first woman to hold the role.