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Exclusive: Oxford Union announces Trinity term card

Cherwell can exclusively reveal that former Home Secretary Sir James Cleverley, President of Goldman Sachs John E. Waldron, and rapper Tinie Tempah are all set to speak at the...
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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.
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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.
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‘English Pride’ protest met by counter-protest at Bonn Square

Clashes broke out between an Oxfordshire Patriots demonstration and a counter-protest from anti-racist groups in central Oxford today, with both sides gathering in Bonn Square outside Westgate.
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Unity and pride

They walked onto the podium wearing black socks and no shoes, to symbolise black poverty, and the badges of the Olympic Project for Human...

What’s all this fuss about Andy Murray for?

The frenzy surrounding Andy Murray’s emergence at Wimbledon earlier this year was overwhelming. You could hardly open a newspaper without seeing his face gurning...

Des Lynam: Dreamboat of the Desperate Housewife

Even for a man who’s been to seven Olympic games, numerous Wimbeldons and has travelled to World Cups and European Championships, October is going...

Passe Notes: The Oxford Union

So, how long do we have to stand in this queue?Well, everyone in Oxford wants to see the no confidence debate. Unless their lack...

Building a reputation

Think of the one-man band and if you’re like me you’ll think of Dick van Dyke’s Bert in Mary Poppins, stamping and flapping his...

Live

Paul LewisThe Sheldonian Theatre13 OctoberPaul Lewis has won much praise from critics for his CDs of the sonatas of Schubert, and rose to prominence...

Not such great Scots

El PresidenteEl Presidenteout24 OctoberSince Franz Ferdinand smashed into the mainstream, the British music press has been looking to the Scots for the new band...

Rachmaninov piano concertos Nos. 1 & 2

In 2004, Leif Ove Andsnes won a Gramophone Award for his coupling of piano concertos by Grieg and Schumann with the Berlin Philharmonic.Unfortunately, for...

Z

ZMy Morning Jacketout nowDespite universal critical acclaim and supporting slots for the likes of Idlewild and the Foo Fighters, My Morning Jacket are a...

Special honour for Pinteresque pretensions

Controversial, out-spoken and recently described as “a fully paid-up member of the awkward squad”, Harold Pinter was never going to accept the Nobel Prize...

Improv comedy

The Oxford Impsdir Jim Grant17 OctoberThe WheatsheafHaving recently returned from a tough spell at Edinburgh, the Oxford Imps are back in the warm and...

Maids of dishonour

The Maidsdir Yashar Alishenas25 - 29 OctoberBurton TaylorSex sells but playwright Jean Genet believes that lesbian sex sells even better. Loosely based on the...

The Yalta Games

The Yalta Gamedir Laura Noiret, Philip Harker-Smith25 to 29 OctoberBurton TaylorThe Yalta Game is a fascinating insight into power, status, security and loneliness, explored...

Travesties

Travestiesdir Lotte Wakeham27 to 29 OctoberO’ReillyLosing one revolution may be regarded as a misfortune, but to lose two seems like carelessness”.Such epigrams may never...

Conspiracy over rower’s death

A series of controversies has been brought to light during a second inquest into the death of lightweight rower Leo Blockley in December 2000....

Freshers face disciplinary action over bench dropping

Two first-year Lincoln students are facing serious disciplinary measures following a drunken incident on Saturday night in which a bench was dropped from a...

OUCA accuses Student Union of "political bias" over Freshers’ Fair

Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) have become embroiled in a dispute with the Oxford University Student Union over an incident at last week’s Freshers’...

Construction workers receive threats…

Builders and decorators involved in the construction of the controversial animal testing laboratory on South Parks Road were sent anonymous letters over the weekend...

…while CPS could use Anti-Terrorism Act

The Terrorism Act 2000 could be used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) against extreme animal rights activists and organizations. The Terrorism Act made...

Minding the gender gap

There is something quite paradoxical about a place which is one of the leading research centres in the world, where academics are constantly pushing...
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