The tour began at the Carfax tower with tales of the town-gown divide in the early days of Oxford University. A third year undergraduate led the group of students and tourists around the town centre.

Max McGenity meets Ian Mucklejohn, the first single man in the UK to have surrogate children. Cherwell is Oxford’s oldest independent newspaper, established in 1920. We are entirely student-run. By ...

Elliot Langley argues that IS's systematic destruction of ancient Assyrian culture is a form of genocide Cherwell is Oxford’s oldest independent newspaper, established in 1920. We are entirely student ...

Although Organic Beauty Week began on 19th September, there's still plenty of time to explore what's on offer. Cherwell Fashion explores the possibilities. As part of a new series, Ebere Nweze reviews ...

Cherwell is Oxford’s oldest independent newspaper, established in 1920. We are entirely student-run. By supporting us, you will contribute to keeping our paper in print and online. Every donation ...

Emily Fry finds Oxford's latest new writing 'Broken Stars' to be a confusing production of an interesting concept. Broken Stars is on at the Wadham Moser Theatre from Mon-Thurs of 8th Week. Cherwell ...

There are some writers whose line of literary descent is so clear as to resemble a kind of genealogical chart. The lineage of the English comic novel, for instance, runs smoothly from Fielding to ...

Despite an overall increase in headcount, Oxford University made 519 redundancies in 2023-24, over 100 more than any other Russell Group university. This figure includes staff at the end of fixed term ...

The plague outbreak from 1347 to 1352, known as the Black Death, resulted in the deaths of between one third and one half of all living Europeans, and around a third of those in the affected Middle ...

The Oxford University Drama Society: the place that launched a thousand shits, like Hugh Grant, Rosamund Pike, and more than half of the white men you usually see Mocking the Week. You too could ...

Jen Zuboff speaks to North Korean refugee Jihyun Park about her experiences living under the regime, what she went through, and how she survived. Within the past few months, rumours claiming the death ...

“A person would have to be delusional to appreciate existence”,“life is a net negative” and “existence perpetuates suffering” is just some of the festive wisdom Diane Brandy imparted on me over the ...