York Asylum in Flames: Godfrey Higgins and the Abuse Scandal of 1813
In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, we look at another historic struggle to assign blame for shocking neglect and a deadly fire.
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Thora Silverthorne: Fighter, Healer, Leader (Part II)
In the first part of our short series on the life of Thora Silverthorne, we …
Thora Silverthorne: Fighter, Healer, Leader (Part I)
Of all the local heroes who have passed through the city of Oxford, few saved …
Abraham Lazarus: The Champion of Oxford’s Working Class
Who was Abraham Lazarus? Of the thousands of activists and leaders in the past century …
Charlie Hutchison: Oxfordshire’s Forgotten Black Anti-Fascist
Born in Oxfordshire, Charlie Hutchison (1918-1993) led an extraordinary life as both a champion of …
Oxford’s Night Soil Man
The row of houses on the north-east end of St Clement’s Street today looks rather …
Capitalism and Slavery: The View to and from Oxford
A review of a lecture on 31 October 2019 by Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor …
