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Oxford University Catholic chaplain removed after student sexual abuse complaint
A Cherwell investigation revealed that Jesuits in Britain, who appointed Father Howard, misrepresented the complaint made by the student.
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Opinion
Who cares about college politics?
I’ve found myself part of a small core of my JCR who still care about JCR politics – those who fulfill a minimum requirement of simply turning up to things. Needless to say, the bar is low.
There’s nothing wrong with a regional accent
Accent bias remains deeply embedded in academic institutions, where a hierarchy of accent prestige continues to shape perceptions.
Distance does make the heart grow fonder
Three months into my year studying abroad, I am reminded why I chose Oxford University in the first place.
We must separate Church and University
Financially, culturally, and quasi-judicially, the Church of England remains part of the furniture in both the city and the University.
Criticisms of Oxford slang aren’t really about language
Sub fusc, college marriages, BOPs, sconcing, Prelims, the Bod: Oxford boasts a unique catalogue of words and phrases. Some would critique them as elitist...
Features
£17,000 on grass, redacted files, and 250,000 parcels: Cherwell’s 2025 FOI review
As the Cherwell Investigations...
15-minutes of fame: the legacy of Oxford’s traffic policy protests
Oxford City Council approved their Local Plan to make Oxford a 15-minute city on 14th September 2022. In response, conspiracy theorists organised a mass protest. With some of the new traffic regulations now in place, it’s time for a deep dive into the conspiracist movement and its sunset legacy in Oxford.Â
Profiles
Culture
Culture
A noble mind o’erthrown: ‘Hamlet’ at the National Theatre
This month, Hamlet returns to the stage in a new production soon to be released on National Theatre Live, following its staging last autumn. Â
Culture
Lighthouse Productions on ‘Lemons’
The team outlined the vision for their debut production: a political, surrealist piece of contemporary theatre.
Culture
In defence of the live-action remake
Live-action remakes, when viewed with an open mind, can be seen as cultural negotiations, as attempts to revitalise and pass down old stories to new eyes and ears.
Culture
‘Songs, skits, and a third thing beginning with S’: Jack McMinn in conversation
If there’s one thing I believe Oxford’s theatre scene is missing, it’s a button-down-shirt-wearing ex-zoology student with a penchant for writing songs about Pret A Manger.
Lifestyle
In defence of the default order: The Alternative Tuck Shop
There is no place in Oxford that my muscle memory takes me to more reliably than the Alternative Tuck Shop. This happens regardless of my state – still half-asleep, perhaps slightly hungover, or already late for class.
Sport
Will running a half-marathon fix you?
Running has undergone a paradigm shift; no longer a punishment in PE class or your parents’ Sunday morning escape, running is a lifestyle: a personal brand.
Trump, tennis, and test cricket: Winter’s sporting woes
Wherever you look, sport in all its myriad forms appears to have stumbled into a great mess over the Michaelmas vac.
From ergs to euphoria: college rowing at Oxford
College rowing is an exercise in delayed gratification; the suffering of winter morphs into blades come Trinity.
You, too, can ski: at the cost of your ego and bank balance
Varsity isn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
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