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UK needs more lab space if it wants to be science superpower, ministers told
Leading property firms also call for more tax breaks and improved transport links to hubs ahead of autumn statement

Julia Kollewe

20, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

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No flatulence, no sex in trees: Victorian children’s sanitised Chaucer to go on display
A new exhibition in Oxford charts the different ways the great Medieval poet has been interpreted by readers down the centuries

Donna Ferguson

18, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM

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‘Palestine crisis was end of the tether’: why Luton’s Muslim voters are leaving Labour
Former mayor Waheed Akbar said resigning is ‘right decision’ amid widespread criticism of stance on Gaza

Sammy Gecsoyler, Jessica Murray and Peter Walker

28, Oct, 2023 @6:00 AM

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Winterreise review – Juliane Banse invigorates Schubert’s song cycle with vividly intelligent dance
The singer never lost her beauty of tone wherever the compelling choreography took her, enhancing the impact of the performance in an utterly unexpected way

Andrew Clements

22, Oct, 2023 @3:50 PM

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Kevin Spacey receives standing ovation in first stage appearance since trial
Actor delivered Shakespeare scene during lecture at Oxford theatre in memory of Roger Scruton

Jamie Grierson

17, Oct, 2023 @10:23 AM

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Lightning strike causes huge explosion at Oxford recycling plant
Witnesses report large ‘fireball’ in sky at Severn Trent Green Power facility but no one is thought to have been injured in the blast

Donna Ferguson

02, Oct, 2023 @9:33 PM

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Medieval murder maps of three English cities offer window into past
Online project draws on 700-year-old records of coroners’ inquests in London, Oxford and York

Nicola Davis Science correspondent

28, Sep, 2023 @4:00 AM

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To dye for: why Victorian Britain was more colourful than we think
A new exhibition shows how a textile transformation brought brightness to the masses, in an era where electric purples and absinthe greens reigned supreme

Skye Sherwin

08, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Rhodes scholarship trust refuses to back calls to remove Oxford statue
Trust says it will not ‘weigh in’ on debates over college memorials but will focus on its own ‘soul-searching’ over colonialism

Kevin Rawlinson

02, Aug, 2023 @2:22 PM

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Rose Hallam obituary
Other lives: Occupational therapist and a jewellery maker

Nic Hallam

12, Jul, 2023 @4:25 PM

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St Mungo’s homelessness charity workers begin month-long strike
Members of the Unite union will picket in London, Brighton, Bristol and Oxford after ‘pitiful’ pay offer

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

29, May, 2023 @11:01 PM

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Kathleen Stock says she is a ‘moderate’ as protests planned over Oxford debate
Former professor who argues trans people cannot expect all rights afforded by biological sex is due to speak at Oxford Union

Matthew Weaver

29, May, 2023 @9:58 PM

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