Sunday 24th May 2026

Opinion

Oxford is not an aesthetic

My social media algorithm has successfully tracked my profile closely enough to have figured out where I study. To my regret. For every now and then, I’ll be confronted...

What are children really learning from their screens?

Today, when compared to my own childhood, screens dominate children's lives more than ever,...

The gap between funding and belonging at Oxford

Oxford is keen to tell a particular story about itself: that it is open,...

I became more at home when I left home

I never felt more at home than when I was living thousands of miles...

Speaking up for science

Adam Jordan stresses the need to get more people doing science

5 Minute Tute: Darfur

Richad Cockett sheds some light on the complex issue of Darfur

India suffers for Rushdie’s silence

Sammy Talalay argues that protecting free speech needs to be knee-jerk if it is to be effective

James Landale’s political close shave

Sophie Jamieson talks to the BBC's Deputy Political Editor about his Movember campaign, political poetry and the tricks of the journalist's trade

Blagging the news: healthcare reform

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat.

Misanthrope: The 2012 Olympics

Misanthrope shares some thoughts on why to be excited about the Olympic Games in London

5 Minute Tute: Sub-Saharan Africa

Professor Paul Collier analyses the challenges facing the economies of Sub-Saharan Africa

A third state, and now a third victor

Jack Harris discusses the political fervour that is winning Newt Gingrich so much support

Fame, fortune and philosophy

Robert Winston talks to Sammy Talalay about his career as an academic, researcher and thespian

Blagging the news: Scottish Independence

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat

Syria won’t be the next Libya

Sebastian Leape makes the case for non-intervention in Syria

5 Minute Tute: US-China relations

Professor Rosemary Foot explains the relationship between a rising China and a wary US

A unified Britain is a Great Britain

Calls for Scottish independence overlook the shared values that define us, argues Adam Jordan

Misanthrope: that rejection letter

Misanthrope discovers some Oxonian pride and vents about Elly Nowell's rejection letter

Jon Snow: ‘I’m just a tawdry old creep’

Sammy Talalay takes a seat at the table with Jon Snow to talk about his recent foray into film

Misanthrope

Your weekly dose of misanthropic vitriol

Why cars scare me more than 9/11

Philip Saville maintains that our irrational fears only serve to distract us from real issues

Blagging The News: Republican primaries

Perplexed by political postulation? Cherwell is here to help you perfect your chit-chat

5 Minute Tute: Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage explains why Eurosceptics want Britain's relationship to the EU to change

The generation gap

Jack Harris discusses the political divide between young and old

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