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Oxford outperforms UK tourism as university attractions hit record highs

Visitor numbers to Oxford’s major attractions have risen sharply, outpacing national trends and reinforcing the city’s position as one of the UK’s most resilient tourism hubs.

Council rejects Regent Park’s plan to convert Oxfam into MCR

Oxford City Council has rejected an application by Regent’s Park College to convert the Oxfam Bookshop on St Giles’ Street into its Middle Common Room (MCR), citing local regulations.

Magdalen College Choir to admit girls for first time in 500-year history

Magdalen College has announced that girls will be admitted as choristers for the first time in the Choir’s history, marking a momentous change for one of the University of Oxford’s longest-standing choral traditions.

Exclusive: Oxford Union announces Trinity term card

Cherwell can exclusively reveal that former Home Secretary Sir James Cleverley, President of Goldman...

Pete’s week

Working terrifies me, so I intend to avoid it forever. I live in constant fear of succumbing; of choking my life away in a...

St. Anne’s student locked up for littering

A first year student at St Anne’s College was arrested on Sunday after attemtpting to throw a bottle of water to a protestor.Jonathan Leighton...

Summer Came in January

January is no one’s favourite month. Christmas has been and gone and emptied the bank account, Oxford’s biting winter cold shows no sign of...

Renewed doubts over college funding reform

Plans to overhaul Oxford’s wealth redistribution mechanism have faced criticism this week as the first stage of discussions draws to a close.oday is the...

Flood Warning for Oxford

The Environment Agency issued a flood warning Wednesday night on the River Thames through Oxford, raising flooding alert levels from flood watch earlier this...

St Anne’s student arrested

The battle of Bonn Square continues this week, following news that a student from St Anne’s was arrested for littering. Jonathon Leighton threw a...

OPINION: Going Nuclear

Recently, the Government gave its formal backing to the creation of a new generation of nuclear power stations across the UK. Business Secretary, John...

Settling In

Are we going up again, or coming back home? Oxford’s short terms are unique. One spends just under half the year at university,...

Figment, The Will Knox Band, Mr Ginger Review

Port Mahon, HT 08 Week 1, 13 JanuaryThe upstairs of the Port Mahon is an unassuming venue – the stage rocks the ‘my best...

Siege in Bonn Square comes to an end

A protester, living in a tree in Bonn Square which was due to be chopped down, was forced to leave yesterday and has been...

Curious gentlemen

I have met many curious gentlemen. I shall tell you about four of them.One.The first was Phil, the heavy metal musician. I went for...

The BP Portrait Award — Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Love it or hate it, the BP Portrait Award is back again. It is often either exalted as a wonderful exercise in human soul...

Great Books: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

At times, when reading War and Peace, I began to think that the whole book is, in fact, an attempt by Tolstoy to keep...

70 Blairs, 3 Ahmadinejads, but only one Hitler

I came across this German website, which lets you search for the frequency of different surnames across the country. It relies on phone book...

Holidays News Round Up

Rhiannon Nicolson, Jenny Moore and Sangwon Yoon present the Cherwell24 holiday news round up. Tune in next week for 1st week news round up. 

Films

I never thought I'd have a heading for films on this blog. When I got to Belgium I visited the Ardennes, beautiful forest, nothing...

Flood Watch Alerts

A flood watch alert has been issued for the river Cherwell following heavy rain this winter; the flood watch covers the full length of...

Westgate Expansion Plan Protestors Claim Partial Victory Over Bonn Square Battle

Protestors demonstrating against Oxford City Council ’s Westgate area expansion plan claimed partial victory over Bonn Square Sunday after successfully halting security guards and...

VIDEO LINKS UPDATED 27/1/08

Over the next few weeks you will be seeing a lot more multimedia content on Cherwell24. We have hugely expanded our broadcasting team and...

Video: Buskers and Bagpipes

Jack Pitt-Brooke, Rachel Williams, Helena Zaba and Tom Carpenter report on the Cornmarket buskers, including the famous Bagpiper and new regulations surrounding their trade. 

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