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{{Short description|English review magazine and newspaper}}
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'''''The Oxford Magazine''''' is a review magazine and newspaper published in [[Oxford]], England.<ref name="nla">[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1383805 ''The Oxford Magazine''].</ref>

==History==
''The Oxford Magazine'' was established in 1883 and published weekly during [[Oxford University]] terms.<ref name="nla"/> Contributors included: [[J. R. R. Tolkien]],<ref>J. R. R. Tolkien, [http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=13410 "The Oxford English School"], ''The Oxford Magazine'', Vol. 48, No 21, 29 May 1930. [[Oxonian Press]], [[Oxford]].</ref> whose character [[Tom Bombadil]], who later featured in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', first appeared in the magazine around 1933.
A joint poem by C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield called "Abecedarium Philosophicum" was published on 30 November 1933.<ref>Diana Pavlac Glyer. ''The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community''. Kent, Ohio. The Kent State University Press. 2007. 139.</ref> [[Dorothy L. Sayers|Dorothy Sayers]] published two of her poems, ''Hymn in Contemplation of Sudden Death'' and ''Epitaph for a Young Musician'', in the magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/sayers/opi/dls-opi.html|title=Op. I., by Dorothy L. Sayers|website=digital.library.upenn.edu|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> [[W. H. Auden]] published his early poem, ''The Sunken Lane'', in ''Oxford Magazine'' while he was an undergraduate at Oxford University.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wXvI4F54X8C&q=wh+auden+%22oxford+magazine%22+sunken+lane|title=W. H. Auden: A Biography|last=Carpenter|first=Humphrey|date=2011-10-20|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571280889|language=en}}</ref> The magazine has also published poets such as [[H. W. Garrod]], Olivia McCannon,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=18443|title=Cohabitation|last=Poetry|first=Magazines|website=www.poetrymagazines.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> [[Jude Cowan Montague]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.judecowanmontague.com/cv|title=Jude Cowan Montague artist writer composer|website=Jude Cowan Montague artist writer composer|language=en|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref> Michael Gessner,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/michael-gessner|title=Michael Gessner|date=2018-03-26|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en-us|others=Poetry Foundation|access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref> Kieron Winn, [[John Wain]], [[Elizabeth Jennings (poet)|Elizabeth Jennings]], and others.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

It now functions "as a commentator on university affairs",<ref>''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature''
Volume XIV Ch. V § 5: ''[http://www.bartleby.com/224/0505.html The Oxford Magazine]''</ref> that is, an independent forum where members of [[Congregation (university)|Congregation]] can debate academic policy. While it is distributed along with the ''[[Oxford University Gazette]]'', it sometimes carries articles critical of the University's leadership.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Mahony |first=Felix |date=1 January 2020 |title=Oxford Retirement Policy Ruled Discriminatory by Tribunal |url=https://cherwell.org/2020/01/01/oxford-retirement-policy-ruled-discriminatory-by-tribunal/ |work=[[Cherwell (newspaper)|Cherwell]] |location= |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>

The magazine continues to publish poetry, including the work of [[Oxford Professor of Poetry]] [[Simon Armitage]]. As of 2025, the current literary editor is the poet [[Jane Griffiths (poet)|Jane Griffiths]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Griffiths |url=https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/category/jane-griffiths |website=Bloodaxe Books |access-date=2025-06-29 |lang=en-GB}}</ref> who took up this position after [[Lucy Newlyn]]. Newlyn had been the literary editor of the magazine since 2011. The previous literary editor of the magazine was the poet [[Bernard O'Donoghue]], who was preceded by the poet [[David Constantine]]. The general editor of the magazine in 2021 was Tim Horder,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/oxford-magazine |title=Oxford Magazine |author= |date= |website=Staff Gateway |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |access-date=14 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref> Emeritus Fellow in Medicine at [[Jesus College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-tim-horder |title=Dr Tim Horder |author= |date= |website=People |publisher=[[Jesus College, Oxford]] |access-date=14 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

Latterly issued four times each term, the magazine became online only in December 2020 saving the university £45,000 a year.<ref name='killoff'>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Camilla |title=Dons accuse Oxford University of trying to 'kill off' critical magazine |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/29/dons-accuse-oxford-university-trying-kill-critical-magazine/|website=The Telegraph |date=29 October 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref> In 2022 the university ended all personnel and computer support, leaving the editors unable to continue publication. Academic staff prepared a motion for debate at [[Congregation (university)|Congregation]] in November 2022 which "instructs" the [[university council]] to reverse the decision and to ensure the continued publication of ''Oxford Magazine'' under the preexisting arrangements.<ref name='killoff'/> Council later stated that the motion was acceptable to it and agreed to "continue the arrangements for the Oxford Magazine which were in place in 2021–22 whilst its longer-term future is debated."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=3 November 2022 |title=Congregation 15 November: Resolution on the Oxford Magazine |url=https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gazette/documents/media/3_november_2022_-_no_5364_redacted.pdf |url-status=live |journal=University of Oxford Gazette |volume=153 |issue=5364 |pages=97 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221105142716/https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gazette/documents/media/3_november_2022_-_no_5364_redacted.pdf |archive-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

It should not be confused with ''Oxford Magazine'' or ''In Oxford Magazine'', both commercial listings/shopping magazines covering the [[City of Oxford]], nor with an earlier periodical also called ''The Oxford Magazine'' which was published in London from 1768 to 1776.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000516970 |title=The Oxford magazine |author= |date= |journal=Oxford Magazine, or Universal Museum1770-76 |pages=13 v |publisher=[[HathiTrust]] |access-date=14 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ''[[Oxford Poetry]]''

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://staff.admin.ox.ac.uk/oxford-magazine Website] (access restricted to members of the University)
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