King Leopold II: A Bloody Legacy written in Marble
Many representations of Leopold II can be found dotted around Brussels, as well as several …
The Duke of Wellington: The man with a cone on his head
Carlo Marochetti’s equestrian statue of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, which resides over Royal Exchange …
Francis Galton: Eugenics and Modern Medicine
Galton’s political beliefs evidently undermined the rigour of his qualitative claims. What is less discussed …
Toppling Statues: An Oxford Tradition
A mirror for the Rhodes Must Fall protests, four centuries ago and just across the street.
Rhodes is not a Colossus
Rhodes wanted to be a colossus, and was described as such; yet his legacy, and …
A Primer for Empire: Fletcher and Kipling’s School History of England
Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1857-1934) and Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) published A School History of England …
Monarchs on the Margins? A Global History of Royalty at Oxford
Numerically speaking, Oxford’s role as a training ground for global monarchy eclipses its function of …
(De)colonizing the Pitt Rivers Museum?
Dark, quiet, and tucked away behind the dinosaur skeletons, taxidermy, and excited children of the …
The Whip: Revisiting Slavery and Capitalism through Shakespearean drama
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production, The Whip, offers a thoughtful interpretation of the complex …
‘Of Oxford … chiefly North’: Women in Oxford
A brief history of women in Oxford and their experiences studying. Oxford is a place …
Literature after the British Empire: V.S. Naipaul’s story
V.S. Naipaul’s writings provide a unique insight into his attempt at constructing authentic identity. When …
A Brief History of Oxford Time
A brief history of time and temporality in Oxford, from tradition and fiction to science and modernity
