Opinion

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

According to the University of Oxford’s admissions data, in 2024, 14.5% of students admitted were from the most socio-economically deprived areas in the UK. Many students at the University...

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We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem

Gossiping is an innately human pastime, existing long before our generation, and a beloved...

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When I met Peter Mandelson

In October 2024, during the Oxford Chancellor election, one of my responsibilities as Deputy Editor of Profiles at Cherwell was to interview Peter (then Lord) Mandelson, who was among the five frontrunners contesting the election.

Opinion Hassan Akram -

There really is no smoke without fire

Preoccupation with one’s appearance is to be expected when starting at University. New wardrobes...

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Who can afford such an indulgence: Cheap shots at expensive degrees

Last week, The Economist took it upon itself to settle once and for all the debate around which of your mates ‘does a real degree’, which...

A special place in hell?

So I don’t blame Donald Tusk for saying they deserve a special place in hell; it could be hell that is unleashed if they get their way.

Time to emulate Eton?

Abolish: Education secretary Damien Hinds has said he wishes to call time on the phrase ‘public school confidence’, mainly by introducing a programme of ‘five...

On Liam Neeson, sexual racism and the optics of white fragility and black monstrosity

If the rapist had been white, I doubt Neeson would have stalked the streets looking for any white man to attack.

Who can afford such indulgence?

'The Economist's' giddy attacks on an elitist Oxbridge reduce the issue to a caricature.

Interview: quantum gravity physicist Carlo Rovelli

The man who uses his writing to share his love of physics

Changing Perceptions: Contraception is not just a ‘Women’s issue’

The issue of contraception is an issue for all of us.

No squidding! Time to ink again about octopus terrine?

Having a plate of octopus – a food I don’t think any half-educated person should need to have pointed out is not a staple of the British working class – set down in front of you at your first formal dinner at Oxford firmly joins knowing which type of gown to buy in the latter category.

The world’s in dissarhea: the sillier side of life

Turn on the news, open up the paper and prepare to enjoy the strangest show of all – the real world.

The awkward conversation around ‘Privilege’

Exploring the different types and degrees of privilege

Is a college shared a college halved?

Comment discusses the benefits and disadvantages of pooling college resources

Bring down controversial speakers with debate not disorder

Marcus Walford argues against no-platforming after Maréchal's controversial appearance at the Union

Bolsonaro’s most vulnerable targets: the Indigenous Brazilians

Bolsonaro goes beyond viewing the indigenous tribes and the quilombolas (the protected, black descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves) with racist contempt. He does not believe in their right to exist in a culture outside of “mainstream” Brazil.

Gillette’s advertisement is sharper than usual

The divide between the two runs deep and is, forgive the pun, razor-sharp. It’ll continue to be a daily task to point out that certain ideas of manliness are outdated and simply unacceptable. But that can’t change without normal men, real men, in fact: all men reflecting on their own behaviour, and taking their own share of responsibility.

Opinion

Both rags and riches: Social media is heightening Oxford’s class disparities

We need to talk about Oxford’s gossip problem

When I met Peter Mandelson

There really is no smoke without fire

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