Opinion

What does Pride mean to you? A reflection on identity

I was so excited to connect with the rest of the group through our shared enthusiasm and experiences. Eagerly, I contacted many other queer friends to join. Their responses would soon shock me.

Balanced by whose standards? Challenging the Pinsker Centre’s Israel policy trips

On 6th June, The Telegraph published an article outlining the abuse and criticism faced by Ben Ashworth, over his visit to Israel. The article describes the trip as “a fact-finding trip to better understand the Gaza conflict”. A closer examination of the trip itinerary, however, tells a different story.

The Oxford Union was never about free speech

A private members’ club audacious enough to promote itself as the “last bastion of...

Oxford’s prestigious reputation deserves scrutiny

I was very close to rejecting Oxford for Exeter. While this is not why...

5 Minute Tute: May Day

Marc Kidson takes us through the origins and traditions of the festival

The State Debate

Cherwell asks if private education should be abolished.

Reclaiming the Human Rights Agenda

A forum against Racism gone astray

The Biggest Gamble in History?

Food for thought on elections in the world's largest democracy

Corporate Decapitation

Theo Brainin takes a look at our nation's overindulgence of collective responsibility.

Interview: Vince Cable

Vince Cable talks to Helen Smith on student politics, ballroom dancing and why it's time for Brown to go.

Five minute tute: Ending the M.A.D.ness

Director of the Non-proliferation Education Centre Henry Sokoloski talks through the latest developments in nuclear non-proliferation

Race is a laughing matter – so why are we still constrained by colour?

Sophie Duker and Ravi Thambapillai discuss the impact of race in Oxford.

Jade Goody: End of an Era

When we mourn Jade Goody we are not just mourning her, but the end of our spend-fast, instant-celebrity culture

Let Fred Goodwin keep his money

We'll be forfeitting our democratic principles if we don't.

What’s wrong with being good?

A rather unnecessarily large number of people

Tuition fees: take some responsibility, students

Chris Patten’s argument for a sliding scale

Cityboy and the City life

Columnist Geraint Anderson, the undercover scourge of London bankers, talks to Victoria Morrison

Five Minute Tute: All Souls

George Molyneaux, Graduate student at all Souls, takes us through life in the ivory tower

On the lash: Drunken Dumbo’s

The drinks industry is screwing us over. Here's why.

Political issues a step too far for OUSU?

Two sides of the debate on the Student Union's role in politics

Interview: John Redwood

Joe Shapiro has a rather difficult conversation with the Conservative politician and Magdalen graduate

Protecting the weak

Baroness Cumberlege talks to Joe Shapiro about her attempts to reform the Catholic Church

In defence of defiance

Students from the Bodleian sit-in hunted by the proctors have reason to feel betrayed

Authentic Independence?

The disputed declaration of independence by Kosovo

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