Cherwell newspaper is a student newspaper published by and for students of Oxford University. First published in 1920, it has had an online edition since 1996. Named after the local river, Cherwell is published by OSPL (Oxford Student Publications Ltd.), who also publish the sister publication ISIS along with the Etcetera Supplement and Bang! Science magazine. One of the oldest student publications in the UK, it is editorially independent and has...
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Cherwell newspaper is a student newspaper published by and for students of Oxford University. First published in 1920, it has had an online edition since 1996. Named after the local river, Cherwell is published by OSPL (Oxford Student Publications Ltd.), who also publish the sister publication ISIS along with the Etcetera Supplement and Bang! Science magazine. One of the oldest student publications in the UK, it is editorially independent and has been the launching pad for many well known journalistic and business careers. The newspaper receives no university funding and is independent of the student union.
The current editors are Theo Brainin and Harry Thompson.
Cherwell was conceived by two Balliol College students, Cecil Binney and George Edinger, on a ferry from Dover to Ostend during the summer vacation of 1920 while the students were travelling to Vienna to do relief work for the Save the Children charity. Edinger recalls the early newspaper having a radical voice: "We were...
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