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Pro-Palestine protesters establish encampment demanding University action
An encampment has been constructed in Oxford in protest of Israeli action in Palestine and calling for the University to “end complicity with genocide”. Students, faculty, and staff have...
New humanities faculty building celebrates construction landmark in ‘topping out’ ceremony
"On Friday 3rd May, the University of Oxford celebrated the ’topping out’ of the Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities. The ceremony to mark the completion of the roof involved speeches from Vice-Chancellor Irene Tracey and donor Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO of the Blackstone Group, who has to date donated £185 million in support of the project. Musical acts clad in hard hats braved rainy conditions to perform on the roof, still a site of ongoing construction."
Sir Michael Palin and others to be awarded honorary degrees from the University of Oxford
World-renowned comedian and actor Sir Michael Palin and Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar are among...
Labour loses seats in Oxford City Council as Independents and Greens make gains
The Labour party has been reduced to 20 councillors out of 48 in the...
Oxford Union believes international climate policy is neo-imperalist
On Thursday night, the Oxford Union voted in favour of the motion ‘This House...
Tolkien’s House for Sale
No. 20 Northmoor Road, the Oxford house in which J.R.R. Tolkein lived for seventeen years and wrote The Hobbit, is up for sale. It...
Boat race inspires Chelsea garden
An exhibition at this year’s Chelsea flower show has been created to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race. ...
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...
Motion in the Ocean
St John’s JCR has decided to buy an island. The “Motion in the Ocean” was passed on Sunday in an attempt to alleviate the...
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...
