The talk, organised by the Union of Jewish Students and Oxford Jewish Society to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, reflected the theme of this year’s commemorations, ‘Bridging Generations’.

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Student groups unite to tackle homelessness in Oxford

The Oxford Student Social Action Coalition (OSSAC), a merger between several...

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Opinion

Lawyers are weird. Mods are (partly) to blame

Lilly Law - 4th February 2026

Mods makes every law student irritable, isolated, and disillusioned with their subject. We should move them to Trinity for everyone's sanity.

Who cares about college politics?

I’ve found myself part of a small core of my JCR who still care about JCR politics – those who fulfill a minimum requirement of simply turning up to things. Needless to say, the bar is low.

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Criticisms of Oxford slang aren’t really about language

Sub fusc, college marriages, BOPs, sconcing, Prelims, the Bod: Oxford boasts a unique catalogue of words and phrases. Some would critique them as elitist...

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Why you should talk to your scout more

Quite apart from our academic work, students at Oxford University lead a life very different to that of students at other institutions, a fact...

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British students simply can’t afford postgraduate study at Oxford

Laurence Cooke - 31st January 2026

Zero kroner. That’s exactly how much EU students pay for masters study at the University of Copenhagen. It’s not been the best start to...

Navigating Oxford’s social media footprint

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Features

‘Making Politics Political Again’: Student left turns away from Labour

George Heeley - 31st January 2026

In the miserable rain of last November, I found myself queuing at the Cowley Workers Social Club for a Your Party meeting at which Jeremy Corbyn was set to speak.

Between halls and helplines: Oxford’s eating disorder culture

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15-minutes of fame: the legacy of Oxford’s traffic policy protests

Eden Smith -

£17,000 on grass, redacted files, and 250,000 parcels: Cherwell’s 2025 FOI review

Gaspard Rouffin -

Is the future of student protest set in stone?

Lilly Law -

Is the future of student protest set in stone?

Lilly Law -

Intoxtigation 2025: The good, the bad, and the Balliol bar

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An offer is only half the story: The challenges facing college outreach

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Profiles

Anneliese Dodds on higher education, local politics, and damehood

Isaac Gavaghan - 5th February 2026

Sam Tanenhaus: “You can’t judge by the standards of this moment. No one will ever pass the test”

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Joshua Robey: Taking Company to the Oxford Playhouse

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Culture

Books

The mysterious posters in Oxford, and the novel behind them

Charlotte Stuart - 6th February 2026

I had assumed it was just another poster, lost in the usual blur of student plays, society termcards, and talks promising free pizza. But this one was oddly specific.

Culture

Musical theatre and classic literature: A marriage of two minds?

Musical theatre owes a great debt to the literature of preceding centuries. Often, all we need is one idea to ignite a spark that leads to something greater.

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Culture

Rich and generative: In conversation with ‘The Glass Menagerie’

After the success of The Creditors last Michaelmas, the Keble-based Crazy Child Productions is set to bring Williams’ breakout work to the Keble O’Reilly.

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Art

How not to decolonise a museum: ‘Suturing Wounds’ at the Pitt Rivers

Emma Heagney reviews Sara Sallam's exhibition at the Pitt Rivers and how the museum interacts with decolonisation.

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Rory Stewart’s ‘Middleland: Dispatches from the Borders’ in review

A breakdown in technicolour: ‘Company’ in review

Lost and found: The art of translation

Lifestyle

Moving cities, keeping home

Saba Ahmadzadeh Noughani - 5th February 2026

l've moved cities enough times to know that leaving is never just about packing boxes. After spending eighteen years in London, I found myself applying to a number of different cities, including Oxford, for university.