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King Charles opens new wing at Centre for Islamic Studies

His Majesty King Charles III visited the University of Oxford last week to open a new wing and education programme at the Centre for Islamic Studies, both of which...
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Extinction Rebellion protests the opening of Barclays on Cornmarket Street

Extinction Rebellion Oxford (XR Oxford) organised a protest in front of Barclays Bank on...
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Oxford and Cambridge receive £6.25 million joint donation to improve STEM access

Oxford University has received £6.25 million to improve access to STEM degrees in a...
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Students frustrated over filming at Brasenose College during exam season

Students at Brasenose College expressed their frustration last week after scenes for a forthcoming...
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Christ Church and Magdalen challenge for dominance

The college rowing season got off to a belated start due to the cancellation of the Christ Church regatta, but needed no time to...

Varsity victory for Oxford’s Karting team

Oxford stormed to their fifth consecutive Varsity victory, with Oxford A taking the win by over a lap from Cambridge A at the sunny...

Kick out the rubbish: Christ Church says no to plastic bags

A massive plastic bag sculpture was laid out in Christ Church’s Peckwater Quad this weekend, as part of an ongoing campaign to raise environmental...

Album Review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

Real Emotional Trash is a pithy summation of the music Stephen Malkmus has been making for the last sixteen years. As part of 90s...

The Madness … And Genius

In the autumn of 1797 a person from Porlock knocked on the door of a remote farm on Exmoor. He received no answer. He...

Comment: An End to Oxford Application Fees?

If it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, is it a duck? Yes. So if there is something that looks...

Gee Whiz: Elephants buzz off

Enter the elephant, a towering colossus, gigantic in strength, lording over the beasts of the forest. Enter his opponent: the bee, a piddling nonentity....

Blues footballers prepare to face Tabs

One month from today, on Saturday 29th March 2008, Oxford take on Cambridge at Craven Cottage in the 124th Varsity Match. Coached by ex-Arsenal...

Cinecism: Tim Burton

You know a Tim Burton film as soon as you see it. The gothic undertones of all his work seep onto the screen to...

The Penny Drops

 Union Returning Officer resigns amid complaints of intimidation and "interrogation-style knifing sessions"Union Returning Officer Cameron Penny resigned on Wednesday amidst allegations that he intimidated...

Student Soapboax

For many of us (second year lawyers in particular) last term was punctuated by corporate events in which representatives of the leading firms came...

The Boss Of It All

3/5 ‘Here comes a film, and if it already looks a bit weird, hang in there, because anyone can see it… It’s a comedy, and...

Filth bouncers further accusations of violence

Filth bouncers have been accused of violence against students for the second time in two weeks, after a first year Christ Church student claimed...

Comment: Unfair Stereotypes for Idea Idols

It saddened me to read the recent editorial, ‘Idea Idle’, as I feel entrepreneurship needs to be encouraged and not belittled.The Delboy model of...

Editorial: Hail to the Chief

Seventh week editorials have in the past been used to advocate a certain Presidential candidate over another. A year ago, this space was used...

Hardship bursaries inaccessible, say students

 Students who face financial hardship are not applying for college bursaries because they are put off by complicated application forms or assume they will...

Margot At The Wedding

2/5 If you are expecting yet another hilarious American wedding comedy á la My Big Fat Greek Wedding or Wedding Singer, you will be disappointed....

If I were Vice-Chancellor for a day…I’d ban Cherwell once and for all

As Sweeny Todd once said, ‘There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit/and it’s filled with people who are full of...

The Accidental Husband

4/5 You would be forgiven for thinking that the ‘rom com’ has had its day but The Accidental Husband is a little gem. The film...

Race for the Reichstag

The poster says it all. The symbol is the word ‘capital’ being crushed inside a hammer. The slogan: ‘We’ll win the final battle.’ The...
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