Cherwell

1 week ago | cherwell.org | Noah Robson

CW: Sexual assault and rapeOxford Union president Anita Okunde insisted she had no plans to resign in her first public statement since an indicative motion of no confidence was passed in her leadership. A crowd of over 100 assembled in the Union’s Goodman Library on Monday afternoon to hear the speech, with several others speaking in support of the president too.

1 week ago | cherwell.org | Laurence Cooke

Somerville College affirmed its solidarity with trans students in a statement today. The intervention makes Somerville the first Oxford college to react publicly to the Supreme Court’s April ruling on the legal definition of a woman. Only the central University had previously published an update which noted they were “carefully reviewing [our] policies and practices concerning transgender inclusion and equality… [including] existing facilities across our estate”.

1 week ago | cherwell.org | Morien Robertson

I still remember the first time I saw Anselm Kiefer’s work. I was in the Pompidou Centre, Paris, and I’d been stumbling around the seemingly endless number of rooms for hours. I was in the state where you’ve taken in so much art that nothing excites – another room of cubism leaves you unmoved; you’re oversaturated with abstraction. Then I stepped into another room, scarcely noticing the change, and stopped straight away. It was a plain room with some glass cabinets containing submarines.

2 weeks ago | cherwell.org | Faye Chang

Labyrinth Production’s staging of Patrick Marber’s 1997 play, Closer, was an ambitious move for a student-run production company. Ambitious as it was, the cast themselves put on a strong showing; my major problems with the play stemmed from the original script, rather than their production of it.

2 weeks ago | cherwell.org | Laurence Cooke

Cherwell spoke to forensic anthropologist, award-winning writer, and St John’s College President, Sue Black CW: Violence Professor Lady Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome certainly has a title which precedes her. The President of St John’s made her name as an academic and forensic scientist who worked to identify victims in conflict zones including Kosovo and Sierra Leone, and then later the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.