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Everyone’s a Critic

Readers don’t want to read an essay. If they did, they would be scouring SOLO instead of flicking through a newspaper. The majority simply want to know if buying a ticket translates into a fun evening out.

DEBATE: Should private schools be taxed?

Jeremy Corbyn recently called for private schools to lose their charitable status, and therefore become taxed. Is this the right thing to do?

EXCLUSIVE: Union debates, 0th week speakers and ball theme released

Speakers include Sam Gyimah, who is speaking on the opposite side of the no confidence motion since last year, and right-wing American commentator Candace Owens.

Debate: Should you choose Leeds over Oxford?

As occurs every year around results day, stories are run about students choosing lower-ranked universities over Oxbridge. This year, one student made Guardian headlines by deciding to attend Leeds instead of Oxford. Was it the correct choice?

Should we cancel reality TV?

Given the recent suspected suicides, should shows like Love Island and Jeremy Kyle be allowed on our televisions?

Polarising the free speech debate

The question of who deserves our attention does not allow us easy answers.

Entitled to return?

Forget it , says Colleen Cumbers In 2015, Shamima Begum chose to leave the UK to join the Islamic State. From that moment, she became a traitor to...

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.

Is a college shared a college halved?

Comment discusses the benefits and disadvantages of pooling college resources

Universities Minister criticises ‘institutional hostility’ to debate

Mr Gyimah’s announcement comes after two JCR committee members of Queen’s College cautioned students about attending an event featuring controversial political commentator Brendan O’Neill.

St Antony’s ‘eugenics’ debate cancelled amid backlash

The debate was cancelled under heavy criticism just six hours after being advertised on Facebook

Jewish Soc condemns ‘anti-semitic’ Union speaker

The Union has said it will ‘defend free speech’

Union announces majority-female term card

Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin, and Ann Coulter among the line-up, which sees an increase in BME speakers on Michaelmas

Queer spaces should solely be for those who identify as LGBTQ+

Straight people are an overwhelmingly problematic presence in queer spaces

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