Opinion

No, I won’t buy a scholar’s gown

On the day I arrived in Oxford, my college mother gave me one piece of advice: “Oh, don’t worry, Prelims don’t matter at all”. Of course, on paper, she...
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Why the US midterms matter

How could the outcome of the US midterm elections ever affect an Oxford student?...
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Debate chamber: Are Oxford’s political party societies fit for purpose?

Oxford’s political party societies have a dual reputation. On one side of the coin, many boast long-standing histories and influential alumni, from Clement Attlee to David Cameron. Flip to the tail end, and you find a termly reality of boisterous drinking socials and inconclusive debates that are, in the words of Cherwell’s Stanley Smith, “more fixated with personality than party”. But does this reputation really disrupt the confines of what these political party societies are made for?
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Unity is the antidote

At a recent march in Oxford against the far right, one speaker’s words really...
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The generation gap

Jack Harris discusses the political divide between young and old

A week in the world

Republicans face off, Assad carries on killing, the Euro (still) teeters on the edge and the NHS earns DD plus points - another week in the world

That Was The Year That Was

Cherwell takes a last look back at 2011, a tumultuous year of revolutions, riots, strikes and superinjunctions

2011: An Alternative Look

Xin Fan takes an irreverent look at the events of the last twelve months

China’s Korean problem

Jack Harris argues that the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il presents China with a real opportunity to reset its policy towards the peninsula

Obituary: ‘trailblazing’ biologist Lynn Margulis

Patrick Kennedy looks back on the life and work of the recently deceased evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis

EuroCRAs(h)

Hannah Timmis argues that while credit rating agencies should act more responsibly, regulating them is not the answer

A bitter end to the Northern Rock saga

Alex Michie argues that the bank bailouts and quantitative easing, while necessary, were badly implemented, particularly in the case of Northern Rock

Britain on the edge

Sebastian Leape argues that Cameron's EU veto has failed to protect Britain's interests

Cherwell pays tribute to Christopher Hitchens

Ben Kirby pays his respects to the courageous 'intellectual titan'

The delusion of democracy and demography

Adam Jordan argues that the revolutions secularists hoped for in the Arab Spring have failed

Tabloids dig their own grave

Jack Harris argues that Paul McMullan's defence of tabloid journalism at the Leveson Inquiry has only served to expose the cruelty of media invasiveness

No reasoning about the riots

Philip Saville looks back at the UK riots and argues that the media and politicians ignored the real reasons for them, to play on people's fears.

The fall of Rome

Amelia Jenne discusses the root of Italy's current financial crisis

5 Minute Tute – The CERN discovery

Dan Short takes us through the recent discovery of neutrinos 'travelling faster than light' at the CERN project

Bahrain’s Battle for Freedom

Leading figure in the Bahraini protest movement Maryam Al-Khawaja talks to Oliver Park

5 Minute Tute- The Eurozone Crisis

Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist, gives us the current European financial crisis in a nutshell

The continued importance of the Poppy Appeal

Oliver Park discusses the Poppy Appeal and what it means today

Welcome to the (very Tory) jungle

Former Deputy Prime Minister and Tory big dog Lord Heseltine talks to Robin McGhee

The scarcity of economic enterprise

We have to rely on a handful of experts to tackle 'the big other', according to Hugh Burns
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