Medicine and Colonization: How Scientific Research Shapes Politics
In recent months we have seen a wave of renaming initiatives around the world, which …
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An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part Two
This is the second part of an interview with Isabella Hammad, the author of The Parisian: an epic tale of a Palestinian man’s journey beginning at the outbreak of the First World War.
An Interview with Isabella Hammad: Part One
We had a chance to chat with The Parisian’s author, Isabella Hammad, about the broader …
Churchill’s Legacy: Not Yet Set in Stone
Churchill had chosen the spot for his statue in Parliament Square himself, over a decade …
Francis Galton: Eugenics and Modern Medicine
Galton’s political beliefs evidently undermined the rigour of his qualitative claims. What is less discussed …
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 …
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 …
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 …
MPs for MAs? The fall of Oxford University’s parliamentary constituency
This article looks back at the past voting habits of Oxford’s alumni, and at one …
Capitalism and Slavery: The View to and from Oxford
A review of a lecture on 31 October 2019 by Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor …
A Tale of Two Cities: Oxford’s Relief Road Controversy
Oxford’s current traffic problems have their roots in the 1920s, when car ownership increased dramatically. …
Oxford and Colonial Atrocities: the Mau Mau Rebellion
Content warning: colonial violence and atrocities In 2011, four elderly Kenyans brought a celebrated legal …
