Friday 24th April 2026

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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...

Oxford University Press and University of Pennsylvania Press announce open access agreement

Oxford University Press (OUP) and University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press) have struck a two-year agreement granting University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) students open access to hundreds of OUP journals.

Proctors criticise University policy on buildings, AI, and staff payment

The University of Oxford’s Proctorial Team has criticised the physical decay of buildings, staff pay, and university policy on the use of artificial intelligence in their traditional end-of-term Oration shared in the Oxford University Gazette.

The Facts About: Depression

  “It was a feeling of total inertia. I just didn’t want to do anything, not even get out of bed”.  “Everything I used...

Employees Face Discipline over Facebook

Employees found misusing internet networking websites like Facebook or MySpace will face disciplinary hearings, it was warned earlier today.Local district councils, such as the...

Oxford days come back to haunt Lib Dem

A Liberal Democrat leadership contender found his days at Oxford coming back to haunt him this weekend as an article he wrote advocating the...

Album Review: Jimmy Eat World, Chase This Light

It should be noted at this stage that I’m in no position to review this album objectively. I fell in love with Jimmy Eat...

Art Review: ‘The Journey So Far’ by Konstanty Czartoryski and Adeniyi Olagunju

by Griselda Murray Brown   ‘The Journey so Far’ brings together various media and diverse places. Adeniyi’s mainly large scale, colour photographs counterpoise Konstanty’s intimate...

College Warns of Unexpected Fire Hazards

Hertford College issued a warning to its students about fire safety earlier in the week after a student's pyjamas caught fire.The incident occurred when a...

Cherwell Pubcast Week 2: The Week in Drama

Our second week pubcast reviews the past week in Oxford drama, featuring an interview with Elizabeth Gray, writer and star of Wish I Had...

Blue Plaque Unveiled

Jane Burden, wife of William Morris, was honoured with a blue plaque yesterday at St Helen's Passage, off Holywell Street.Burden, who was allegedly born...

Love, hate, jealousy…and science?

Sarah Fordham unweaves the rainbow of our emotions, and argues that science cannot tell us what it means to be human   What is it...

Diary of a captain – Blues Netball

For this year, the role of Captain within Oxford University Netball Club has been subtly redefined. As the Club Captain (Katelin) and the Blues’...

Review: Extras

By Monique Davis***In a word, Polish film Extras is decent. However, I have just been told by my editor that I am expected to...

Review: Sicko

By Isabel Sutton**Number three in Michael Moore’s repertoire of bomb-shell big-screen documentaries has arrived and it’s as predictable as can be.  The target this...

Brasserie Blanc

By Kate Barrett Raymond Blanc has hit the spot with his relaxed and friendly Brasserie on Walton street, Jericho. Of an evening, the average student...

Review: The Witnesses

By Chantal Hadley****Even from the opening credit sequence I was struck by the similarity between Philippe Sarde’s mournful violin music and Philip Glass’s violin...

Idlewild – Scottish Fiction Review

By Dave Challiner ***Greatest hits compilations are often geared to provide the listener with an opportunity to look back and consider the trajectory of a...

Sceneplay – Lost In Translation

By Tobyn MaxwellBob Harris is a man lost in a culture completely alien to him. He is immediately likeable: a charismatic film star suffering...

Ed Harcourt – Until Tomorrow Then Review

By James Lowe ****Ed Harcourt occupies the classically precarious position of being a good singer-songwriter. Such ability isn’t always particularly useful, commercial, or cool. So...

Glaston-buried and kilde

 By Daniel RobertsWhen I was about thirteen I went through a ‘60s phase. I grew my hair and wore a woollen cardigan; I greedily...

The Dark Side of Sweden

Conor Doak revisits the subversive films of Swedish director Lukas Moodyson Those who imagine Sweden as a delightful, ABBA-singing land of snow, socialism and smorgasbords will...

Genre Bending – Shoegaze

By Robin Whelan Shoegaze is one of those terms which evolve intriguingly past their intended meaning. Originally coined to describe the less-than-gripping stage presence of...

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