Thursday 4th December 2025

Opinion

Distance does make the heart grow fonder

Three months into my year studying abroad, I am reminded why I chose Oxford University in the first place.

We must separate Church and University

Financially, culturally, and quasi-judicially, the Church of England remains part of the furniture in both the city and the University.

It’s time we woke up to the failures of the NUS

The Cambridge SU's disaffiliation is a reminder that the National Union of Students is not fit for purpose

What Britain needs is meritocratic elitism

Want to tackle the issue of social mobility? Look to primary and secondary education, not Oxford University

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

Out of the ivory tower

Sebastian Leape argues that universities need to refocus on teaching

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