Louis Morris, Author at Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com Join an uncomfortable walking tour of Oxford Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:09:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/UnOx-logo-FINAL_Icon-Only_feb.svg Louis Morris, Author at Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com 32 32 Tolkien and the refugees of Middle Earth https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/tolkien-and-the-refugees-of-middle-earth Sun, 14 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=9215 'The Lord of the Rings' is cited as an inspirational text by both friends and foes of asylum seekers, but what does it really say?

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]]> A Portrait Attacked: Sectarianism on Cambridge Campus https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/balfours-painting-attacked-sectarianism-on-cambridge-university-campus Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:21:06 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=8513 A portrait of Arthur Balfour was attacked at Trinity College, Cambridge - But why?

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]]> Oliver Cromwell: The Coronation That Wasn’t https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/the-coronation-that-wasnt Mon, 08 May 2023 08:42:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3859 Today, the 8th of May, is a day with a fair deal of royal baggage. ...

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]]> Death, Taxes, and Other Uncertainties https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/death-taxes-and-other-uncertainties Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:17:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=7133 In Oxford, the River Thames is reborn as the Isis, sharing its name with the ...

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]]> Mushroom Clouds over the Dreaming Spires https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/mushroom-clouds-over-the-dreaming-spires Sun, 12 Jun 2022 15:09:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=7013 Until recently, when contemplating a future of climate chaos, unaffordable housing, dystopian tech, xenophobic nationalism, ...

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]]> Rebels with a Deer Park? Magdalen vs the Monarchy https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/rebels-with-a-deer-park-magdalen-vs-the-monarchy Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:16:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6924 On 8 June 2021, conservative news website Guido Fawkes broke the story that a student ...

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]]> Stop the Squeal: Oxfordshire’s Dirty Election https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/stop-the-squeal-oxfordshires-dirty-election Sat, 08 Jan 2022 11:40:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6898 In the year since rioters failed to nullify the 2020 US presidential election, commentators have ...

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]]> Marmalade and the Revolution: The Gently Subversive History of Oxford’s Most Famous Foodstuff https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/marmalade-and-the-revolution-the-gently-subversive-history-of-oxfords-most-famous-foodstuff Wed, 14 Apr 2021 14:24:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5651 Oxford is known for many things, but neither culinary delicacies nor revolutionary politics generally feature ...

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]]> One Woman Against the Crown: Elizabeth Lilburne Rides to the Rescue https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/one-woman-against-the-crown-elizabeth-lilburne-rides-to-the-rescue Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5637 One of the most famous and seemingly unique episodes in Oxford’s history is Queen Matilda’s ...

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]]> A Day for All Souls? Remembering the Middle Ages Today https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/all-souls-matter-remembering-the-middle-ages-today Sun, 01 Nov 2020 10:27:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4366 Surrounded by the patriotic paraphernalia of wreaths and poppies, the blazing memorials to Guy Fawkes, ...

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