Opinion

What does Pride mean to you? A reflection on identity

I was so excited to connect with the rest of the group through our shared enthusiasm and experiences. Eagerly, I contacted many other queer friends to join. Their responses would soon shock me.

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Balanced by whose standards? Challenging the Pinsker Centre’s Israel policy trips

On 6th June, The Telegraph published an article outlining the abuse and criticism faced by Ben Ashworth, over his visit to Israel. The article describes the trip as “a fact-finding trip to better understand the Gaza conflict”. A closer examination of the trip itinerary, however, tells a different story.

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The Oxford Union was never about free speech

A private members’ club audacious enough to promote itself as the “last bastion of...

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Oxford’s prestigious reputation deserves scrutiny

I was very close to rejecting Oxford for Exeter. While this is not why...

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Riots and reelection: 2013’s challenge to the ANC

Luke Samuel considers the challenges this year is likely to pose for South Africa's ruling party, and concludes that the ANC desperately needs to listen to and re-engage with an increasingly apathetic public.

5 Minute Tute: Geology

Jonathan Westbury, a Development and Exploration Geologist, tutors Cherwell on geology

A zombie generation

Iona McLaren suggests that a spot o' Frisbee may not go amiss for a generation weened on telly and games consoles

The feminist question

Harriet Smith Hughes argues that Julie Burchill's transphobic rant highlights some of the broader problems facing modern feminism

Comprehensive welfare must end

Tom Perrin argues that means testing is the way forward for winter fuel allowance and child benefit

The Politics of Privilege

An interview with Lord Strathclyde, who resigned from Cabinet on Monday.

Comprehensive Welfare Must End

Means testing is the only sensible way forward for winter fuel allowance and child benefit.

We must end the ‘Cult of Masculinity’.

Gayatri Parthasarathy argues that misogynist cultural attitudes are to blame for the shockingly high levels of sexual assault.

It’s time to burst the Oxford bubble.

Rebecca Fairbank urges us to stop wilfully ignoring the world around us.

2012: An Alternative Look

Cherwell says goodbye to 2012 with a satirical rundown of the past year's events

It’s beginning to look a lot like Armageddon

Max McGenity sees our prophesied deaths as the perfect opportunity to sort our lives out

One Nation under Miliband

Tom Perrin notes that it has taken a Labour politician to recognise that ‘One Nation’ is the only way forward for Britain

An inevitable crisis? The bloody conflict in the Congo

Luke Samuel considers the history behind the protracted violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Why we love to bash the Tabs

What is it that fuels such irrational animosity between Oxford and Cambridge?

Local prejudice: West Oxford MP opposes equal marriage

Rio Jones highlights the prejudice and hypocrisy behind the opposition to equal marriage of Tory MP Nicola Blackwood, whose constituency, Oxford West and Abingdon is home to many of the University's students.

Press vultures: the media’s troubling response to tragedy

Alexander Rankine laments the media's often confused, insensitive and hypocritical response to tragedy, as showcased by the reaction to the death of an innocent nurse

Forget the Foetus, that’s enough royal baby for now

Huw Fullerton urges an end to the countless articles about his/her tiny unborn majesty. This article excluded, of course.

Should High Table be Abolished?

Comment discuss the benefits of the age old Oxford institution

Can you tell me where the University is?

It is not only the tourists for whom the university is elusive

Interview: Sir Paul Nurse

Sir Paul Nurse talks science, scepticism and the Nobel Prize with Patrick Kennedy

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