World War OX2: St Hugh’s college steals St Anne’s beaver amidst declarations of war
The St Anne's College JCR has declared war on St Hugh’s College. However, not even twenty-fours after the motion for war voted on by...
These pets are the cats’ meow: Cherwell Pet Show 2023
The pets of Oxford colleges do so much for their stressed students. A friendly tail wag, a lively game of fetch between tutes or...
Feline good: Names announced for St John’s kittens
St John’s College has announced the winning names from their competition to decide what the college’s new kittens will be called.
The three kittens have...
Wags in the Rag
Few of Oxford’s college pets are as iconic as Hertford’s college cat, Simpkin. When I first visited Oxford before applying, back in the lockdown...
Wags in the Rag: Scrumpy and Spangle
In what is often a stressful academic environment, nothing offers greater stress relief than cute animals. College pets are therefore, in my opinion, one...
New College tortoise, ‘Tessa’, actually male
After an eventful trip to the vets, it was discovered by New College students that Tessa the tortoise is in fact male. Not only that, but he is anywhere up to 40 years older than the students initially thought.
University College kitten name announced
1700 votes were cast over three days, with 36% cast were for the winning name.
