Wednesday 20th August 2025

Opinion

The Encaenia is PR without the public (or anyone else)

Wholesale reform is the last thing Encaenia needs. If only people knew what it is, it would be a well-suited PR exercise for a modern Oxford.

This is how we combat the crusade against universities

It’s easy to think of an arts degree as a fruitless pleasure. But education and academic study are intrinsically valuable.

From pensioners to students, all should fear the Palestine Action ban

If you think this is a win for one side over the other in relation to Israel’s war on Gaza, be careful what you wish for.

Trashing rules save face, not students

Trashing is banned. But what does the banning achieve except pushing students further from...

After Equal Marriage, what next for the LGBTQ movement?

Simone Webb explains why the movement must remain restless in the years ahead

The environment: compromise and dilution

Patrick Kennedy laments the failure of Rio+20 to save the climate

Smoking marijuana: the key to political success?

Izzy Westbury examines why politicians are increasingly eager to admit to smoking the weed

Interview: Hazel Blears

Hazel Blears MP talks to Tom Beardsworth about the murky world of internships

Is Oxford selling out?

Cherwell debates whether it's time to cap big donations

Debate: Are we excited about the Olympics?

Ben Deaner and Barney White clash over whether London's multi-billion pound sport orgy will live up to expectations

5 Minute Tute: Money in politics

Dr Adam Humphreys talks about what money can buy you in British and American politics

The danger of slow news days

Joseph D'Urso debates Keble JCR's recent spell in the national press

Sides of the story – the Diamond Jubilee

This week, Cherwell takes a look at others' take on the Diamond Jubilee

Interview: Stephen Glover

Hannah Timmis talks to the founder of The Independent about the death of the Indie dream

5 Minute Tute: Quantum Physics

Professor Simon Saunders sheds some light on the mysterious world of quantum physics

The UK and Europe – born to lose

Ben Deaner on what Eurovision can tell us about the UK and Europe

Sides of the story – the Baroness Warsi scandal

This week, Cherwell takes a look at others' take on the Baroness Warsi scandal

No Minister – miss 69%

Tom Beardsworth looks at how the Queen has achieved such widespread appeal

Interview – Martti Ahtisaari

Cherwell speaks to the Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker and former Finnish President

Syria: the tipping point

Izzy Westbury gives an overview of the escalating and increasingly bloody Syrian crisis

The price of political hypocrisy

How the fight against child trafficking harms those it seeks to protect

5 Minute Tute – Greek Debt Crisis

Simon Wren-Lewis, Professor of Economics and Fellow of Merton College, discusses Greece's economic crisis and what the EU can to do fix it

Sides of the story – eurozone crisis

Cherwell picks apart British coverage of the eurozone crisis

Debate: do we really need OUSU?

Martha Mackenzie and Phillip Saville battle it out over whether affiliating with OUSU is actually worth it for college JCRs

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