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Lord Peter Mandelson resigns as honorary fellow of St Catherine’s College

Lord Peter Mandelson has resigned from his honorary fellowship at St Catherine’s College. A College spokesperson confirmed Lord Mandelson’s resignation, telling Cherwell he resigned because “he has decided to...

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Oxford Choir hold musical protest against Rosebank oilfield

Oxford Climate Choir, a local activist group, have urged Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds...

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University announces collaboration with Vietnamese research institutions

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam...

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Oxford researchers launch £11 million programme to tackle chronic pain

Researchers at the University of Oxford are leading a new six-year programme to develop...

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Exeter College Mourns Death of Two Freshers

Exeter College closed its doors to the general public today as it mourned the loss of two of its students.Sundeep Watts and Harcourt 'Olly'...

Head to Head: The Bridge vs. Filth

Possibly the ultimate showdown of the Oxford clubbing scene. Loyalties are divided, but can the winner be found? Our intrepid reporter Sam Harding takes...

Oxford don slates new diploma

The government’s new diploma for 14-19 year-olds, due to be launched next year, has been slated by an Oxford University professor. The Nuffield Review...

Trains

I spent a relatively normal day in Brussels, eating chicken, breaking into duck ponds and other such leisurely activities. A friend took me to...

Science Podcast – 6th Week

Join Leon Harrington and Connie Han for a roundup of science news, features and events.This week: Supermouse, PS3 for science?, IVM babies, HapMap moves...

Oxford Mentor Scheme for Black Students

US human rights activist Rev Jesse Jackson is heading up a campaign to encourage more black students to apply to Oxford.The project, which will...

Exhibition Review: Chinese Prints at the Ashmolean

by Griselda Murray BrownThe Ashmolean’s latest exhibition will not satisfy the Sunday afternoon escapist’s desire for a display of Oriental beauty or delicate depictions...

Drama Review: Rabbit

by James TaylorBella (Harry Creelman) is celebrating her twenty-ninth birthday with a group of friends who are intricately connected in a web of sexual...

Two Men Hospitalised After Chemical Contamination

Two men were contaminated with chemical powder earlier this week, after a drum of waste products began to leak behind a shop in Oxfordshire. The incident...

9/11: 18 years on

Today marks 18 years since the Berlin Wall fell, and the national debate — are things better for it? — rolls absurdly on. As...

The corporation strikes back

Sara-Christine Gemson looks ta the troubles befalling Oxfprd's small businesses Coming back from the summer vacation, you may have noticed the addition of the Gourmet...

Why do we have Phobias?

Ten percent of adults suffer from a phobia – that is, “an uncontrollable, irrational and persistent fear of a specific object, situation or activity”....

Flip Side: Boarding School

Katie Duval goes jolly hockey sticks for leaving home earlyPerhaps for you ‘boarding school’ inspires the image of eccentric young Englishmen with wing collars...

Laura Linney

You might not immediately be able to put a face to the name ‘Laura Linney’. And you wouldn’t be the only one, since despite...

Fuck the word police

By Daisy Johnson The word ‘fuck’ retains its official status as one of the foremost ‘taboo words’ in the English language, ranking third after those...

Merton Mayhem

While you are gently sleeping on a Saturday night in late October (OK, fine, while your feet are sticking to the floor in The...

How to be a rahver

It is a sad fact that Oxford is not known for its raving. Books, yes. Archaic traditions, yes. Grimy drug-fuelled hedonism, no. We simply...

Adaptation

No matter how much you rave about how good – or bad – an adaptation is, you can almost always expect the same response:...

Sceneplay: The Awful Truth

by Laura WilliamsFrom the 1930s until as late as the mid-’60s, American movies were subject to a production code that imposed massive restrictions upon...

The London Film Festival

by Mary WaireriThe Times BFI London Film Festival is by far and away Britain’s biggest public film event. The Festival is known for providing...

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Lord Peter Mandelson resigns as honorary fellow of St Catherine’s College

Oxford Choir hold musical protest against Rosebank oilfield

University announces collaboration with Vietnamese research institutions

Oxford researchers launch £11 million programme to tackle chronic pain

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