Saturday 2nd May 2026

Opinion

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

According to the University of Oxford’s admissions data, in 2024, 14.5% of students admitted were from the most socio-economically deprived areas in the UK. Many students at the University...

We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem 

Gossiping is an innately human pastime, existing long before our generation, and a beloved...

When I met Peter Mandelson

In October 2024, during the Oxford Chancellor election, one of my responsibilities as Deputy Editor of Profiles at Cherwell was to interview Peter (then Lord) Mandelson, who was among the five frontrunners contesting the election.

There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes...

Interview: Robin Hanbury-Tenison

Britain's greatest living explorer talks to Patrick Kennedy about a lifetime’s travel

‘Being offensive is not an offence’

Huw Fullerton argues that speech, however sinister, should not be criminalised

Demo2012: Protest for the sake of protest?

Sean Ford asks if there is a better way for the student movement to resist the government

Vince Cable talks to Cherwell

Sarika Sharma talks to the Business Secretary about the Lib Dems and fixing the economy

‘In Time We Hate That Which We Fear’

Izzy Westbury explores the phenomenon of hatred in modern politics

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

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