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Month: May 2022

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From Gill Sans, to Sans Gill: The Controversy over the Work of Eric Gill

Paula Larsson

Content warning: Rape, sexual abuse On January 12, 2022, an activist used a ladder to …

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The Haida Totem Pole: A First Nations Treasure in Oxford

Dan P

The second article in our short series delving into the background of items in the …

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From Cowley Road to the Classroom: The Power of Local History

Zaiba Patel

As a fairly recent arrival to Oxford, if I had been asked what made the …

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