2025 - Cherwell

Plaques and Peripheries: The Search for Oxford’s Women Writers

Every morning on my way to college, I pass through the cobblestoned, crowded St Mary’s Passage, overhearing stories of Oxford’s most famous literary duo,...

Kathleen Stock amongst speakers delivering Oakeshott Lectures

Kathleen Stock, Sir Noel Malcom, John Gray, and Curtis Yarvin delivered the Oakeshott Lectures, formerly known as Scruton Lectures, in Oxford this month. The...

M N Rosen on AI, impact businesses, and the importance of mindfulness

In August, I had the pleasure of interviewing M.N. Rosen, author of The Consciousness Company, a recent debut novel which explores the impact of...

‘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)...

Review: Hill and Harmer’s A Life in Song – the strange world of Lieder

"poetry told across language through performance and music"

Merton updates welfare provisions despite lack of student consultation

Merton College has overhauled its welfare programme this academic year, reducing the hours of Junior Deans for Welfare, discontinuing the Associate Chaplain’s book club,...

James Vowles: Rebuilding the ‘Sleeping Giant’ of Williams F1

James Vowles doesn’t believe in “bad luck”. It’s a surprising stance from the leader of a Formula 1 team with nine constructors’ and seven...

‘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...

TLDR: Literacy in the digital age

No one reads these days. If it’s longer than an Instagram caption, it’s not worth my time. I doubt most people will even make...

Cowley Branch Line to reopen, reducing travel time to London

The Cowley Branch train line between the Oxford Rail Station and London Marylebone is set to reopen, with the first passenger trains expected in...

Famous pub frequented by Tolkien set for refurbishment

New plans have been unveiled by the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) for the renovation of The Eagle and Child, a famous Oxford pub. The...

World Anti-Corruption Conference takes place in Oxford

The 2025 World Anti-Corruption Conference (WACC) took place in Oxford for the first time on Friday 24th October. Hosted at Rhodes House, the annual...

University and SU launch ‘Think Twice’ water safety campaign

The University of Oxford and the Oxford University Student Union (SU) have launched a campaign to improve water safety awareness in Oxford. The ‘Think Twice’...

Katrina Mulligan on AI, security, and the race to the future

Katrina Mulligan, Head of National Security Partnerships at OpenAI, spoke at the Blavatnik School of Government last week about the relationship between artificial intelligence...

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