Opinion

The Oxford Union was never about free speech

A private members’ club audacious enough to promote itself as the “last bastion of free speech”, the Oxford Union is the embodiment of Oxford exclusivity and elitism. Founded by...

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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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Who gets to build the future: On tech bros

While scrolling through social media, a video appeared on my feed titled “Remember who...

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Gender is what you make of it

If you ever dare to become an audacious transsexual like me, you may have...

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‘Life is short. Have an affair’

Tom Beardsworth looks into the murky business of adultery

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Right-wing author and journalist James Delingpole talks to Tom Beardsworth about the burden of always being right

Foreign interventionism doesn’t deserve its bad rep

Tom Beardsworth defends the doctrine of foreign humanitarian intervention against its most recent critics

Despite both sides’ interests, the Coalition is fragmenting

Ben Rosenbaum explains what we should read into the most recent Coalition bust-up

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Ben Deaner takes a sardonic swipe at the current Clegg-Cameron malaise

New undergraduate support is timely and right

James Burt explains why the new package of undergraduate support is both fair and sensible

Why the Moritz-Heyman donation is a philanthropic waste

Tom Beardsworth explains his exasperation at the ill-conceived Moritz-Heyman Scholarship

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

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Opinion

The Oxford Union was never about free speech

Oxford’s prestigious reputation deserves scrutiny

Who gets to build the future: On tech bros

Gender is what you make of it

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