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Oxford Union election count suspended amid electoral fraud allegations

he Oxford Union’s Trinity Term 2026 election count has been suspended after the Returning Officer identified substantial evidence of interference, before any ballot boxes were opened.

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Mansfield College redevelopment plans approved by Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council unanimously approved Mansfield College’s development plans on Tuesday, 26th May. The project, known as the Estate Transformation Project, will be delivered by architects Feilden Fowles. Mansfield told Cherwell that the development would “provide students and the College with up-to-date facilities they need for generations to come”.

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Oxford Union town hall TT26: Meet the candidates

With polls set to open for Oxford Union elections tomorrow, Friday 12th June, Cherwell spoke to the candidates running to be President in Hilary Term 2027. Milo Donovan and Prajwal Pandey discussed their vision for the society, the challenges facing the Union, and how they would respond to recent controversies surrounding speaker invitations and free speech.

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Oxford law academic cancels lecture series on sex and gender following protests

Dr Michael Foran, Associate Professor of Law and Fellow of Keble College, has cancelled the remaining lectures in a series on sex, gender identity, and the law, following protests at two of the events.

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Ugly rumours of Blair Rockumentary

Channel 4 has revealed details of a documentary that will chronicle Tony Blair’s time as the singer in a student band he fronted while...

The other Oxford

I work at St Hilda’s College library and a lot of what I do involves making sure that the library runs efficiently. That’s not...

Trio guilty of ‘honour killing’

Three Oxford residents have been found guilty ofstabbing to death Brookes student Arash Ghorani-Zarin. ChomirAli, a Bangladeshi waiter, and his two sons Mujibar Rahman...

Obituary: the celebrity wedding

IT IS with an impeccable single tear that we announce the untimely death of the Celebrity Wedding, though it far outlived the marriages of...

Eminent Corpus classicist and ex-Vice President dies at 92

Francis Alfred Lepper,emeritus Fellow in Ancient History at CorpusChristi, has died aged 92. Lepperis remembered for his contribution to the study of the Roman...

Oxford’s secret garden

Rebecca BuckTurrill GardenSummertownIt is a long bicycle ride from the town centre up to the Turrill Garden, behind the SummertownLibrary, but once you arrive,...

New College Warden dismisses ‘nonsense’ university league tables

Professor Alan Ryan,Warden of New College, criticised league tables in a recent opinion piece forthe Times Higher education Supplement, saying that the “problem with...

Film

In Her Shoes,dir. Curtis Hanson,out now: When Stupid Girl by Garbage announces the start of the film, alarm bells ring over the pretext of...

Hall become rugby champions

St Peter’s 8St Edmund Hall 15St Edmund Hall claimed an attritional, nerve-wrecked title decider against St Peter’s to regain the college rugby title from...

Soc. Shots

This week, the infamous fifth week blues have brought out the moaning teenage solipsists in the best of us, and let’s face it, sixth...

A constant delight

There are some subjects, writer John le Carré once said, “that can only be tackled in fiction”. It is curious, then, that Fernando Meirelles’...

Crowd heckles Rocky Horror Show at OFS

TheOld Fire Station nightclub on GeorgeStreet cut short a production of the rocky HorrorShow on Monday night following rowdiness and complaints from audience members....

An un-natural storm

Here’s how it goes: a young band is spotted in the right place, at the right time, by the right person, who immediately signs...

Oxford women secure tight league victory over Tabs

Oxford 59-Cambridge 56: The Oxford Women’s Basketball team got their season off to a positive start in the University League with a close victory...

Ex Hilda’s Principal and pro-Vice Chancellor dies at 92

Mary Bennett, the former Principal of St. Hilda’s College, has died in her home at the age of 92. Mary Bennett was Principal of...

Destined for success

#1’sdestiny’s ChildOut nowDo Destiny’s Child really need to bother with another album? Beyoncé Knowles is Rr‘n’B’s undeniable queen, hunted down for her services in...

Refugee studies centre earns extra funding from government

The Refugee Studies Centre, a division of the University of Oxford’s Centre for Development Studies, has this month been awarded £2.5 million in government...

The demise of broadmindedness

A friend of mine was recently told by his economics tutor that “you used to be able to get a First in PPE if...

Music

Fabric 25Carl Craigout 7 NovemberThink you don’t like techno? Have a listen to this release and you’ll think again. It’s strangely accessible and challenging,...

Swimmers excel at season opener

Despite being early in the season, the standard of the competition was high. The men’s 100m freestyle which saw Oxford new recruit Josh Preston...

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