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In Conversation with Tom McTague

Tom McTague is among the few mainstream British journalists who see politics through the lens of history and world affairs rather than just the Westminster lobby.

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Anneliese Dodds on higher education, local politics, and damehood

Dodds spoke to Cherwell a few days after appearing in the New Year’s Honours list.

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Sam Tanenhaus: “You can’t judge by the standards of this moment. No one will ever pass the test”

Sam Tanenhaus is best known as the incisive interpreter of William F. Buckley Jr., the most influential conservative intellectual of the twentieth century.

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Joshua Robey: Taking Company to the Oxford Playhouse

Joshua Robey is a name gaining traction within the Oxford University Drama Society (OUDS), the heart of Oxford’s theatre scene. From sold-out runs to glowing reviews from Peter Kessler, his ascent has been swift. A DPhil student specialising in contemporary theatre, Robey has staged productions across the Pilch, O’Reilly and Burton Taylor Studio.

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Sir Stephen Fry on mythology, knighthood, and student theatre

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D.J. Taylor: ‘The great and the good very rarely say anything interesting, because they put it in their memoirs’

D.J. Taylor is a biographer, novelist, and literary critic. He has written nearly thirty books in a range of genres, including the Whitbread Award-winning...

Gered Mankowitz: ‘AI is a nightmare for photography’

Over a career spanning more than five decades, Gered Mankowitz’s lens has chronicled the evolution of music and culture, immortalising icons like The Rolling...

Student spotlight: Sarah Mughal Rana on the link between politics and poetry in a volatile time

Sarah Rana is an MPhil student in global area studies at St. Anthony's College. She is the author of her 2024 debut, Hope Ablaze,...

Brian Cox: ‘My problem is with the American system’

Brian Cox is a classically trained Scottish actor, known for his roles as Logan Roy in Succession and Agamemnon in Troy. He has received...

Student spotlight: Alec Tiffou on monasteries, Lou Reed’s Berlin, and the process of play-writing

Alec Tiffou is a student playwright for Matchbox Productions. His past two plays, Daddy Longlegs and Moth, have ran sold-out shows at the Michael...

Mark Goldring, Asylum Welcome and ex-Oxfam CEO: ‘In Oxford, our solidarity was stronger than the extreme right’

Mark Goldring is the outgoing CEO of Asylum Welcome, a local organisation in Oxford that assists asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants. He had...

Tom Egerton: “There’s no point judging a prime minister or a government fairly if you’re not going to look at what wicket they’re playing...

Tom Egerton has worked with Sir Anthony Seldon on The Conservative Effect 2010-24: 14 Wasted Years?, The Impossible Office? The History of the British...

Shashi Tharoor, UN diplomat, novelist, politician, and historian, speaks to Cherwell about his work and career

Dr Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, writer, and former diplomat. He has written twenty-six books spanning history, politics, biography, religion, literary criticism, fiction,...

Rory Stewart on populism, podcasting, and why he left the Bullingdon Club

Rory Stewart has been an academic, podcaster, writer, diplomat and politician. He read PPE at Balliol. While an undergraduate, he tutored Princes William and...

Alan Johnson on his time as Home Secretary, raising tuition fees, and why he loves Harold Wilson

"This idea that higher education should be completely free is ludicrous."

Baroness Janet Royall: “We’ve got to always search for new ways of bringing people in and for breaking down those perceptions of elitism”

Baroness Jan Royall is a British Labour Party politician and currently, the Principal of Somerville College. She has been an MP, a member of...

Peter Mandelson’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein draw student scrutiny ahead of Oxford Chancellor election

Lord Peter Mandelson, a frontrunner to be the next Oxford Chancellor, was questioned over his ties to the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein by the President of the Oxford Union during his latest appearance.

Margaret Casely-Hayford: “Some people see me as the diversity candidate, I don’t mind it.”

If Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE were to be elected as Oxford’s Chancellor, she would be both the first woman and ethnic minority to rise to...

Matthew Firth: ‘Make Oxford great again.’

Rules and process changes mean that this year’s Chancellor election has more candidates than ever before, with many seizing the chance to get some...

Lady Elish Angiolini: “It’s about affection for the university and its students, academics, fellows, and administrative staff.”

Lady Elish Angiolini is a distinguished lawyer, having been Lord Advocate of Scotland from 2006 to 2011, and currently occupying the position of Lord...

Eileen Gu on Olympic skiing, fashion modelling, and studying at Oxford

In China and beyond, Eileen Gu is an icon. You see her defy gravity with impossible spins as the first woman to land a...

Dominic Grieve: “The point is, can one be useful for the university? I think I can.”

Dominic Grieve KC is ready for the job, or as ready as you can be for a job that has no real defined role....

Lord Hague: “Oxford made a huge difference to my own life. I believe in helping other people have the same transformative experience.”

https://youtu.be/emJnKTlaTMo Lord William Hague is certain that we are headed for a “decade of change” and is convinced that he is the person to steer...

Lord Peter Mandelson on New Labour, his time at Oxford, and why he is running to be University Chancellor

"Oxford is a global university, and I believe it needs a global Chancellor"

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Profiles

In Conversation with Tom McTague

Anneliese Dodds on higher education, local politics, and damehood

Sam Tanenhaus: “You can’t judge by the standards of this moment. No one will ever pass the test”

Joshua Robey: Taking Company to the Oxford Playhouse

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