Sunday 6th July 2025

Opinion

Racism tarnished my European year abroad experience

For linguists and lawyers heading across the Channel in third year, an idyllic continental adventure is not the whole picture

It’s okay to hate tourism in Oxford

Tourists are as much a feature of life as a student at this University...

Academic imperialism and the war on Oxford

For centuries Oxford has balanced town and gown, but increasing college acquisitions are jeopardising the city's very essence

The fate of Oxbridge Launchpad shows only the University can improve access

The most rewarding thing I did in my first year at university was to...

Just because they’re right…

...doesn’t mean that they aren’t alright

Was Mark Duggan wrongfully killed?

Following the jury's verdict of 'lawful killing', James Elliot and Billy Beswick discuss whether further investigation is required

Interview: Iain Dale

Robert Walmsley talks politics and presenting with blogger Iain Dale

Tom Mendelsohn on drinking societies and the media

The online student editor of The Independent discusses the relationship between the press and Oxford’s drinking societies

Drinking societies: a class distinction

Teddy Hall student Nusa Bartol-Bibb considers the flaunting of privilege in drinking societies

Question and answer with Regent’s Rabbits

C+ discusses Regent's Rabbits, a female drinking society at Regent's Park, with Queen Bunny Beth Hibbert and Princess Bunny Henna Shah

Drinking societies – a relic of Oxford?

Following last term’s drinking society controversies, C+ investigates the role drinking societies play in Oxford today

Beyond the Bubble…

Jacob Williams discusses current affairs outside of Oxford

Crispy Bojangles

Latest thoughts from Cameron Joshi

Why isn’t politics taught in schools? The answer is politics

Emma Hewitt asks why politics isn’t taught in schools and whether there is a political agenda behind this.

Has the UK’s attitude to drugs changed?

With Nigella Lawson's return to our screens soon after the revelation of her drug-taking, Alice King asks whether the UK's outlook on drugs has been changing in recent years.

Interview: Owen Jones

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin talks Labour, the Left, and the Living Wage with commentator Owen Jones

Turing’s pardon was not the right solution

Charlotte Cooper-Beglin discusses the Government's decision to pardon codebreaker Alan Turing

Don’t wish me a Happy New Year

Max Long critcises the concept of New Year's Eve celebrations

Artistic expression needs to be defended

Vandana Venkatesh contends artistic expression needs to be defended against increasing self-censorship, as provocative art is needed to challenge and stimulate debate in society.

Interview: Peter Tomka

Robert Macquarie talks to the President of the International Court of Justice about the future of international dispute resolution

Our approach to abortion and disability is contradictory

Josh Peppiatt discusses the contradictory ethical traditions witnessed in UK hospitals which ensure that the lives of some unborn, disabled babies are saved and others aborted

The arrogance of L J Trup’s victory should be condemned

Now that the dust has settled, George Gillett considers what the surprise winner's victory will really mean for students

Are Oxford terms too short?

Michaelmas has come to an end so Will Railton puts it to Robert Walmsley that eight is enough.

#copsoffcampus: Don’t target police officers

Protests should address structural issues within the police force rather than target officers themselves, argues Max Long

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