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One of the most prestigious universities in the world and a pillar of British culture, Oxford is trying to shake off the label of being a guardian of class privilege. While its student body is increasingly diverse, inertia acts as a counterweight in this complex ecosystem that has been forged over centuries

In this odd book, the Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper narrates his experience as an expatriate ‘uptight northern European’ living in Paris with his family. His American wife, Pamela Duckerman, also a journalist, is the author of Bringing Up Bébé, a culture-shock memoir about having children in Paris and discovering French child-rearing ways, which are

The winners of Highclere Castle’s inaugural Book Readers’ Awards have been announced.

The finishing school for the British ruling class, Oxford University has had an outsize influence on Australia’s political and business elites.

The NatCon conference is timely because many Tories are thinking about a post-election repositioning. Whether it will hold any weight among voters remains to be seen.

Nadhim Zahawi, the Tory minister and ex-chancellor now disgraced for tax evasion, atypically did not go to Oxford University. He went to University College London instead. But his entry to high-level Tory politics was through the entourage of Jeffrey Archer, who did go to Oxford. A small group of Tory men (and a few women here) educated at Oxford and also often at Eton are the base of the current ruling elite in the UK: deeply undemocratic, unaccountable, elitist, corrupt, repulsive, and many of...

Authors and Observer critics choose the books they will be giving as gifts this year – and the one they’d like to find in their own stocking

BACK in the 1980s, Oxford University was like a scientist’s secret laboratory, where, in a tightly controlled environment, a new species of…

With a few notable exceptions, the free world is suffering from an eclipse of political star power. If we get the leaders we deserve, it’s time for an urgent rethink.

With a few notable exceptions, the free world is suffering from an eclipse of political star power.