Tom Beardsworth
Interview: Andrew Adonis

Interview: Andrew Adonis

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth talks to the Labour peer about Oxford, government and education policy
No Minister - miss 69%

No Minister - miss 69%

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth looks at how the Queen has achieved such widespread appeal
Margaret Thatcher's Death: Oxford reacts

Margaret Thatcher's Death: Oxford reacts

Jonathan Epstein, Tom Beardsworth: Baroness Thatcher died this morning. Amidst national grief and debate about her legacy, Cherwell reports from Oxford about the response...
Fighting for the Tory Right

Fighting for the Tory Right

Tom Beardsworth: Graham Brady MP, Chairman of the '22, talks to Tom Beardsworth about grammar schools, Europe and No.10
Cherworld - the gender agenda

Cherworld - the gender agenda

Anthony Collins, Anna Leszkiewicz, Tom Beardsworth : Last week, OUSU’s delegates to the NUS voted in favour of gender-balancing quotas, defying an earlier OUSU straw poll. Anthony and...
George Galloway in anti-Israel storm

George Galloway in anti-Israel storm

Tom Beardsworth: George Galloway has been accused of 'pure racism' by his debate opponent after 'storming out' of Christ Church.
Lembit Opik hits Bridge

Lembit Opik hits Bridge

Tom Beardsworth: The former Lib Dem MP, well known as a party-goer, went to Bridge last night after the New Labour debate at the Oxford Union
Review: Peep Show

Review: Peep Show

Tom Beardsworth: Peep Show aficionado Tom Beardsworth reviews the first half of Series 8
Trinity hosts anti-gay group

Trinity hosts anti-gay group

Tom Beardsworth: Exclusive: The 'Wilberforce Academy', a conference organised by the Christian Concern lobby group, has moved to Trinity College after...
Revealed: The OUCA Files

Revealed: The OUCA Files

Lara Bryan, Tom Beardsworth: Council minutes show student Conservative association in disarray
5 Minute Tute: Localism

5 Minute Tute: Localism

Tom Beardsworth: Daniel Hannan is a Conservative MEP, a Eurosceptic and an advocate of localism.
Is the Wadham Zero Tolerance policy fair?

Is the Wadham Zero Tolerance policy fair?

Tom Beardsworth, Barbara Speed: Tom Beardsworth and Barbara Speed argue about the merits, or not, of the college JCR\'s new policy to combat sexual harassment
Male candidates gain more firsts than women

Male candidates gain more firsts than women

Tom Beardsworth: After data shows that a higher proportion of men receive firsts than women at Oxford, the University announces that “steps should be...
OUCA Back in Business

OUCA Back in Business

Tom Beardsworth: Exclusive: Oxford's Tories have recouped university affiliation one year after losing it. As a result OCA has become OUCA.
Review: The Politician's Husband

Review: The Politician's Husband

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth enjoys the drama and duplicity of The Politician's Husband – but it doesn't beat Borgen
How to lose friends and educate people

How to lose friends and educate people

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth speaks to writer Toby Young about reinventing British state education
A Theory of Justice broadens its horizons

A Theory of Justice broadens its horizons

Tom Beardsworth: Production team which put on A Theory of Justice are looking to expand the musical beyond Oxford
Brasenose put their trust in the bust

Brasenose put their trust in the bust

Tom Beardsworth: Bust of former JCR President will be the college’s mascot on University Challenge
Travel Blog: Moscow in March

Travel Blog: Moscow in March

Tom Beardsworth: Maybe try St Petersburg instead...
 IRSoc rescind Galloway invitation

IRSoc rescind Galloway invitation

Tom Beardsworth: Bradford West MP disinvited from Oxford society
Assange invite sparks protest

Assange invite sparks protest

Tom Beardsworth, Xin Fan: The Wikileaker, currently seeking sanctuary in Ecuador after rape allegations were made against him last year, is to address the Oxford...
Interview: Michael Crick

Interview: Michael Crick

Tom Beardsworth: Michael Crick, Channel 4's Political Correspondent, talks hackery with Tom Beardsworth
Cherworld: Oxford's first world problem

Cherworld: Oxford's first world problem

Anthony Collins, Sophie Jamieson, Tom Beardsworth: This week, Sophie and Anthony are joined by guest presenter Tom Beardsworth. Does the increase in first class degrees dilute Oxford's...
Review: Dancing on the Frontier

Review: Dancing on the Frontier

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth reviews Oxford student Nico Hobhouse's first travel novel, 'Dancing on the Frontier: Travels by Land through China and...
Interview: Hazel Blears

Interview: Hazel Blears

Tom Beardsworth: Hazel Blears MP talks to Tom Beardsworth about the murky world of internships
Could you become a UK citizen?

Could you become a UK citizen?

Tom Beardsworth: Mo Farah's Olympic success highlights the idiocy of government immigration policy
Holocaust talk at Brasenose

Holocaust talk at Brasenose

Tom Beardsworth: Eva Clarke, whose mother survived Auschwitz, talks to Brasnose's Ashmole Society
Interview: James Delingpole

Interview: James Delingpole

Tom Beardsworth: Right-wing author and journalist James Delingpole talks to Tom Beardsworth about the burden of always being right
The Politics of Privilege

The Politics of Privilege

Tom Beardsworth: An interview with Lord Strathclyde, who resigned from Cabinet on Monday.
Union opens its doors to Assange

Union opens its doors to Assange

Tom Beardsworth, Jacob Cassani: In Union talk WikiLeaks founder speaks of 'The Fifth Estate,' the Ecuadorian embassy and protests
Why the Moritz-Heyman donation is a philanthropic waste

Why the Moritz-Heyman donation is a philanthropic waste

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth explains his exasperation at the ill-conceived Moritz-Heyman Scholarship
Interview: George Galloway

Interview: George Galloway

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth challenges an unrepentant and dogmatic George Galloway
How the NUS 'No Platform' Policy became press censorship

How the NUS 'No Platform' Policy became press censorship

Tom Beardsworth: Will this be the week that the Leeds Student Union lost its marbles?
Interview - Peter Mandelson

Interview - Peter Mandelson

Tom Beardsworth: Peter Mandelson talks to Tom Beardsworth about everything but New Labour
House of Lords reform: end it, don’t mend it

House of Lords reform: end it, don’t mend it

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth argues for getting rid of the Upper House altogether
'Life is short. Have an Affair'

'Life is short. Have an Affair'

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth looks into the murky business of adultery
OUSU is doomed to dullness

OUSU is doomed to dullness

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth explains why only a measly proportion of Oxford students will vote in this year's OUSU elections
Sides of the story - the Baroness Warsi scandal

Sides of the story - the Baroness Warsi scandal

Tom Beardsworth: This week, Cherwell takes a look at others' take on the Baroness Warsi scandal
Peter Huhne doesn’t deserve notoriety

Peter Huhne doesn’t deserve notoriety

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth argues that the press has purposefully conflated the public interest with what interests the public
First-Class Ticket Mr Osborne?

First-Class Ticket Mr Osborne?

Tom Beardsworth, Hannah Timmis: Should the Chancellor be forking out for politicians to travel in First or will Standard do just fine?
5 Minute Tute: Money in politics

5 Minute Tute: Money in politics

Tom Beardsworth: Dr Adam Humphreys talks about what money can buy you in British and American politics
Fireworks set off at Oxford nightclub

Fireworks set off at Oxford nightclub

Tom Beardsworth: 'Large fireworks' set off in Bridge nightclub linked to Oxford University students
Internship Blog: Manchester Evening News

Internship Blog: Manchester Evening News

Tom Beardsworth: In the first of our Internship blogs Tom Beardsworth recalls his experience at the Manchester Evening News
Where will the Tories turn after Cameron?

Where will the Tories turn after Cameron?

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth asks how long a fluffy liberal can hang on to the leadership of an angry party
Debate: London mayoral election - Back Boris

Debate: London mayoral election - Back Boris

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth urges voters to back the gaff prone Tory
No Minister - Doing God

No Minister - Doing God

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth looks at why the British Prime Minister can't 'do God'
The top 10 best things about going home

The top 10 best things about going home

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth explains what's wonderful about escaping Oxford life
Foreign interventionism doesn't deserve its bad rep

Foreign interventionism doesn't deserve its bad rep

Tom Beardsworth: Tom Beardsworth defends the doctrine of foreign humanitarian intervention against its most recent critics
Should High Table be Abolished?

Should High Table be Abolished?

Sarika Sharma, Tom Beardsworth: Comment discuss the benefits of the age old Oxford institution
Is Oxford selling out?

Is Oxford selling out?

Tom Beardsworth, Izzy Westbury: Cherwell debates whether it's time to cap big donations
Miss-Represented in the media

Miss-Represented in the media

Tom Beardsworth: Harmful gender stereotypes on screen don't have to be the norm