The Latest Breaking News from Oxford

The health secretary’s email to civil servants about grammar was patronising, unnecessary, and a distraction, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

Brief letters: Waiting in line | Inactive government | Liz Truss undercover | Thérèse Coffey’s Oxford full stop | Republican anonymity

"America weeps for our friends in the UK"

Set at Oxford in the 1800s, Rebecca F Kuang’s new novel is a magic-infused allegory for structural oppression – and social media can’t get enough of it

The WHO estimates that malaria caused more than 640,000 deaths in 2020

The WHO estimates that malaria caused more than 640,000 deaths in 2020.

Liz Truss’s No 2 followed in Thatcher’s educational footsteps, studying chemistry at Somerville, but did not pass her exams

A severe flu outbreak or new coronavirus variant could prove catastrophic, says Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group

It’s not necessarily the end for ‘nearly man’ Rishi Sunak, despite coming second to Liz Truss in today’s Conservative leadership vote. Tom Ough chats to life coach Jacqueline Hurst about what we can all take away from experiencing a dashed victory, whether it happens in front of the nation’s eyes…