Saturday 6th September 2025

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Oxford Union sued for editing Susan Abulhawa’s speech

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has filed a discrimination claim against the Oxford Union on behalf of Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian-American writer and activist. According to ELSC, the Union...

Protests outside Oxford asylum hotel as campaigners call for unity and compassion

Around 50 protesters from Stand Up to Racism (SUTR) and other local groups gathered...

Gazan offer holders ‘relieved’ as government approves visas

Oxford University offer holders living in Gaza have told Cherwell that they feel “a...

SU launches new community fund for society events

The Oxford University Student Union (SU) is launching a new community fund to support...

A Victorian invasion

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Hollywood studio in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a Victorian novel...

Draft corporate plan may lead to graduate cuts

A follow up to January’s Green Paper on university governance has been published outlining a strategy for improving the University’s financial status. In a...

Review: Seasick Steve

'Got any spare change, Stevie?' yells a Scot from the back of the sell-out crowd. 'I do now, brother,' replies Steve. 'An' it's mostly...

Police Plan Cowley Road Crackdown

Police are planning a crackdown on alcohol-related crime in the Cowley Road area, to coincide with the return of students.The first two weeks of...

Pick of the week

Best start to the termWith a distinct absence of plays kicking off Trinity Term, there is disappointingly little competition for this slot. Be this...

Oxford tops University league tables

Oxford has come top of a list of UK universities in an annual study carried out byThe Guardian and Campus Pi, an applied research...

Oxbridge airline fails to get off the ground in time

AlphaOne Airways, an airline started by eighteen year old Oxfordshire resident Martin Halstead, has delayed all flight activity until further notice, failing to make...

Reality Show Restaurant Goes Bust

Oxford restaurant Porters, which features in chef Raymond Blanc’s new reality TV show ‘The Restaurant’, has closed.The show sees nine couples take an empty...

Life in the Fast Lane

A motorist has admitted to travelling at 172mph on a road in Oxfordshire – the fastest speeding incident of its kind recorded in Britain. ...

Cherwell24 meets poet Jenny Lewis

Jenny Lewis performs one of her poems for Cherwell24 at the Oxford Literary Festival 2007.

Oxford beats Cambridge to Top Spot

Oxford has beaten Cambridge to the top spot in the Times Good University Guide for the sixth year running, reports The Times Online.Cambridge came...

The Summer Blog: A-Level Results, Archives and Everything Else

Hello! Over the past few days, you might have noticed that the site has been offline. This is because we are currently moving the archived articles from...

Generation Y: backseat drivers or aimless autopilots?

Cappuccino is back in business with my sincere apologies for the long hiatus. As you can see, I’ve been busy posting elsewhere in cyberland,...

5 Things We Didn’t Know Last Week

1) Sinister left-handed gene found. Scientists working in Oxford’s Wellcome Trust Centre for Genetics believe carrying the gene may slightly raise the risk of...

Merton College holds onto Norrington top spot

Hardworking Mertonians across the country will be feeling smug today thanks to news that their college has topped the 2007 Norrington table for the...

The Million Dollar/Pound Question

On Friday night, I went to a baseball game where my hometown Yankees were ingloriously destroyed by the Tampa Bay Devils. My long hiatus...

5 Things we didn’t know last week

1)       One small move of a counter – one giant leap for computer-kind. Scientists in Canada claim to have written a program which can...

Flash Floods Hit Oxfordshire

Torrential downpours hit Oxfordshire yesterday causing severe flooding and transport delays.Many train routes in and around Oxford have been cancelled or rerouted, leaving passengers stranded...

Staying Power: Does anyone have it anymore?

Way back in 2005, I wrote a few columns about generation gaps and aging. You see, in a Web 2.0 world, where things can...

Exit Facebook – Enter Deep Space

Your Physicists Need You! An Oxford team of astrophysicists is enlisting the public's help in classifying newly discovered galaxies at http://www.galaxyzoo.org/ The name is...

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