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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.
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Corpus Christi College unveils its first female portrait

Corpus Christi College recently unveiled the first portrait of a woman to hang in...
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Rival protests over Iran war at Carfax

An altercation broke out between rival protesters at Carfax Tower on Tuesday evening over...
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‘Connivery’ and ‘cheating’: Former officials interfered with Oxford Union tribunals

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

Morrissey, ex-frontman of The Smiths, returns for his first album in seven years with impeccable timing – all the hottest new bands express their...

Live: Supergrass

Despite this being their first home-coming gig for some time, it was a pretty unhyped event. Inside the venue, there were true Supergrass fans...

White Light Motorcade: Thank you, Goodnight

While it’s one thing to have influences in the music industry, it is quite another to wear them as proudly as White Light Motorcade...

Nelson’s Columns: A Blindman’s Bluffs

Let’s be honest, most people never venture further than Europe. When the cheap spirit of wanderlust awakens, a group trip (courtesy of Easyjet) to...

Mull Historical Society: This is Hope

Colin Macintyre (aka Mull Historical Society) pleads “I’m not cool anymore, stay with me honey” on the opening track, ‘Peculiar’, of third studio album...

Lonely Planet: Africa on a Shoestring

Let’s be honest, most people never venture further than Europe. When the cheap spirit of wanderlust awakens, a group trip (courtesy of Easyjet) to...

Not Fade Away

A confession: although On The Road is a fun read, I found that it never quite lived up to its reputation. The idea behind...

Queen’s comeback keeps five alive

The quality of the football at the opening rounds of the Cuppers 5-a-side last Wednesday mirrored the weather: dull, with occasional bright spells. In...

Olympic Effort

Three current Oxford students competed at the opening World Cup Regatta at Poznan, the first chance that those boats heading to the Olympics in...

Oxford Speed to Success

Oxford’s karting team enjoyed their most successful season so far in the highly competitive British University Karting Championship, beating the Tabs in five out...

Side Lines

Bannister, Chataway and Brasher; the four-minute-mile was something of a team achievement; without his pace makers the good doctor might never have breasted the...

When Cherwell saluted Sir Roger’s Run

1954’s Cherwell was amongst the first to learn that Iffley Road would see Roger Bannister attempt to run the elusive four-minute mile. During secret...

Down Under Four Minutes

Oxford University Athletics Club went back in time on Thursday to relive the momentous occasion when Sir Roger Bannister, then a medical student in...

Female students targeted

A series of vicious attacks on Oxford’s female students has left police appealing for witnesses this week. Two women were indecently assaulted in separate...

Corpus Ball brawl leaves student hospitalised

An Oxford student may lose his eye following a violently assault on Friday night at the Corpus Christi Ball. The victim sustained serious injuries...

Cut rate OUSU entices St Cross

St Cross College’s Common Room Committee (CRC) has decided to affiliate to OUSU from Michaelmas Term 2004, after the student union offered them a...

Polls apart over code of conduct

OUSU Council has refused to endorse a University proposed “Code of Conduct,” clarifying restrictions to behaviour during post-exam celebrations. The decision on Friday followed...

Ghots return to Regent’s Park room

A student at Regent’s Park College has experienced some ghostly moments over the last two terms, leading to speculation that her room is haunted....

Oxford fights killer internet virus

A global computer virus has infected university computers, causing significant disruption to the university network. IT departments in various colleges were fighting the...

Stabbed to death in Oxford

A young man was stabbed to death in Oxford last Friday. A 23- year-old local man has since been arrested on suspicion of murder....
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