Monday 30th June 2025

Opinion

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

Tourists are as much a feature of life as a student at this University...

Academic imperialism and the war on Oxford

For centuries Oxford has balanced town and gown, but increasing college acquisitions are jeopardising the city's very essence

The fate of Oxbridge Launchpad shows only the University can improve access

The most rewarding thing I did in my first year at university was to...

Interview: George Galloway

Tom Beardsworth challenges an unrepentant and dogmatic George Galloway

Oxford Personality of the Week

Cherwell Comment brings you Angus Aitken!

5 Minute Tute: The Human Genome

Professor Andrew Wilkie, Professor of Pathology at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, answers Cherwell's questions

A call for Lebanese Unity

Adam Jordan, an Oxford student in Beirut, recounts his experience of last week's bomb blast

First-Class Ticket Mr Osborne?

Should the Chancellor be forking out for politicians to travel in First or will Standard do just fine?

Could Malala change a nation?

Alexandra Sutton praises Malala's courage

5 Minute Tute: Hugo Chavez

Phil Gunson, Venezuelan correspondent for the Economist on Hugo Chavez

Oxford Personality of the Week: Ella Waldman

Ella Waldman runs tube lines for Dominican street-kids

Gay marriage is not a Nazi concept

Eleanor Bley Griffiths argues that when it comes to anti-gay-marriage campaigners, freedom of speech works both ways

Interview: Will Hutton

Izzy Westbury talks to Will Hutton about the EU, economics and eating at Oxford

A summer of extremism: from Lebanon

Will Todman, who recently completed a diplomatic internship in Lebanon, recounts his observations of extremist rage

Hunt should keep his opinions to himself

Hannah Timmis lambasts the new Health Secretary's attack on abortion

Party Conferences – Pointless?

Izzy Westbury and Patrick Kennedy debate whether party conferences still matter

Interview: Natalie Bennett

Eleanor Bley Griffiths speaks to Natalie Bennett about power, policy and stealing Lib Dem voters

The Week That Wasn’t – Freshers Week

Cherwell Comment gives a wholly inaccurate account of Freshers Week

Sides of the Scandal

Our take on other takes of the Pleb-gate scandal

Fighting for the Tory Right

Graham Brady MP, Chairman of the '22, talks to Tom Beardsworth about grammar schools, Europe and No.10

Were you convinced by Nick Clegg’s apology? Take our survey

Take our survey on whether Clegg's apology redeemed or damned him in the eyes of Oxford Student

Another stab in the EBacc

Sarika Sharma asks why the government insists on capping the aspirations of Britain's young people

A national embralessment

Ben Deaner asks why Brits are throwing a tantrum about tits.

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