As a general rule, Oxbridge colleges tend to receive fewer applications if they’re further from the city centre, only for girls, or uglier. Murray Edwards College at the University of Cambridge fits ...

Cambridge and Oxford are places that scholars around the world have a fondness for. Scholar or not, these two spaces of high academia are revered as landmarks for all to see. Regardless of whether you ...

Norman St. John-Stevas, 22, is no ordinary Briton. He is not merely “Oxford,” nor is he really “Cambridge”; by the end of the year, he will have a bachelor’s degree from both. In the London Spectator ...

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have one of the longest-running rivalries in the world. They compete every year in The Boat Race (rowing), The Varsity Match (rugby), and of course, in the ...

Cambridge and Oxford have been in a centuries-long competition as England’s top two universities — but I’ve always felt that seeing one is enough. The big question is: Which one? For years, I’ve had ...

Cambridge University head coach Steve Trapmore believes his team's victory in the 162nd edition of the Boat Race will inspire an end to the success Oxford have enjoyed in recent years. The win ...

In England, football is not used to second billing. The game is so dominant that, in many areas of the country, it’s not just the most popular sport, but probably the most significant cultural force.

THE title of this chapter of my wanderings in England misrepresents my course, for I went to Cambridge first; but custom has so firmly settled that in speaking of the two towns together we shall give ...