Friday 6th March 2026

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Oxford Union town hall HT26: Meet the candidates

With polls open for the next set of Oxford Union elections on Friday, Cherwell spoke to candidates running to be President in Michaelmas 2026.

Corpus Christi College unveils its first female portrait

Corpus Christi College recently unveiled the first portrait of a woman to hang in...

Rival protests over Iran war at Carfax

An altercation broke out between rival protesters at Carfax Tower on Tuesday evening over...

‘Connivery’ and ‘cheating’: Former officials interfered with Oxford Union tribunals

On 1st February, during a tribunal hearing, Samy Medjdoub – the former Secretary of...

Queen’s sized Bedrooms

Members of Queen’s College JCR have accused their President of using a provision which ensures tall people do not get attic rooms to fix...

PM Oxford Loner

India’s new Oxford-educated Prime Minister was a “loner” with little charisma, according to his former doctoral supervisor. Manmohan Singh studied economics at Nuffield...

Bus disaster kills boy

An eleven-year-old girl saw her thirteen-year-old brother killed on Monday, when their school bus collided with a tractor. Tomas Ryan-Vig from Bicester, ten miles...

RON Labours to Win

RON has reared his ugly head once again in Oxford JCR elections. Last week, the ubiquitous but eternally silent candidate stormed to victory in...

Crackdown on Euro hooligans’ violence

The Home Office has announced strict new measures in an attempt to curb the violence of England supporters in Euro 2004. A record number...

Thoughts of the week

Undersexed, underpriced and over here. The Silver Ring Thing is the latest import from the States, and I bet it isn’t even really made...

DRINK: Raoul’s Bar

Raoul’s Bar 32 Walton St 01865 553 73 Raoul’s on Walton Street has an astounding selection of cocktails. I have never been so...

EAT: Luna Caprese

Luna Caprese 4 North Parade (01865) 554 812 I have always thought it one of the most elusive and charming of mysteries that,...

All the trimmings

You’re probably wondering why, in the month of May, I’m talking to you about the sort of accessories you’d normally associate with winter. Before...

Who’s that girl?

Amélie Nothomb dresses entirely in black and gets up everyday at four in the morning to drink vinegar and write novels. So goes the...

Pride, prejudiced

Ten years after the legalisation of homosexuality, Lithuania still rates among the least tolerant of it in Europe. According to a survey by the...

Bored this summer? Try… Bicester Village

Like reading Vogue? Shop for clothes at GAP and Next although you’d prefer to wear Karen Millen outfits? Sounds like massive desire suppression to...

Euro Vision

We are forever told, through government initiatives, race equality organisations and indeed much mainstream liberal media, that an acceptance of ethnic and cultural diversity...

Ex-Pat-Riotism

Racism is a word that gets bandied about a lot nowadays. And with good reason. It seems as though, despite years of PR about...

Being Jordan – Katie Price

Nowadays, the innocent appreciation of the breast is a limited practice at best, excluded from popular culture and forcefully confined to pervy Scouse readers...

Chatting Up…Tony Hadley

When you are on tour do you have any bizarre backstage/ dressing room requests or superstitions that you’d like to tell us about? I...

Mamet’s mammoth masterpiece

American Buffalo @ OFS Arrogance is prolific in the thespian world of Oxford, in both character and production. Though in productions of real quality...

The Wind in the Willows

Pimms, punting and plays – what more could you ask for from summertime in Oxford? This year’s Trinity Lawns Play combines children’s classic and...

Stitching

Stitching challenges the selfishness which lies at the core of its young couple. At the same time, it creates empathy which makes its occasional...

This is our Youth

Transported from New York to London, this play depicts the troubled lives of three youths of the 1980s: Warren (Ferdie Addis) and Dennis (Angus...

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