On Statues Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/on-statues Join an uncomfortable walking tour of Oxford Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:07:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/UnOx-logo-FINAL_Icon-Only_feb.svg On Statues Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/on-statues 32 32 Cecil Rhodes: Where we’re going, we don’t need Rhodes. https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/cecil-rhodeswhere-were-going-we-dont-need-rhodes Mon, 08 Aug 2022 12:41:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3695 Thousands of protesters stood, knelt, and sat in solidarity at the Rhodes Must Fall protest ...

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]]> From Gill Sans, to Sans Gill: The Controversy over the Work of Eric Gill https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/from-gill-sans-to-sans-gill-the-controversy-over-the-work-of-eric-gill Fri, 27 May 2022 11:37:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6942 Content warning: Rape, sexual abuse On January 12, 2022, an activist used a ladder to ...

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]]> Alexander the Great in Skopje: an “up yours” to Greece? https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/alexander-the-great-in-skopje-an-up-yours-to-greece Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:24:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5616 Since Macedonian independence in 1991, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Greece has contested the country’s ...

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]]> Diego de Landa: From Monasteries to Roundabouts https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/diego-de-landa-from-monasteries-to-roundabouts Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:38:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4374 In the North of the peninsula of Yucatán, in modern Mexico, next to the yellow ...

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]]> Horatio Nelson: Turning a blind eye to slavery? https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/horatio-nelson-turning-a-blind-eye-to-slavery Wed, 05 Aug 2020 16:54:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4301 Some of the monuments currently under the spotlight depict individuals who were lost in the ...

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]]> Churchill’s Legacy: Not Yet Set in Stone https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/churchills-legacy-not-yet-set-in-stone Mon, 27 Jul 2020 15:49:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4200 Churchill had chosen the spot for his statue in Parliament Square himself, over a decade ...

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]]> King Leopold II: A Bloody Legacy written in Marble https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/king-leopold-ii-a-bloody-legacy-written-in-marble Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:36:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4185 Many representations of Leopold II can be found dotted around Brussels, as well as several ...

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]]> The Duke of Wellington: The man with a cone on his head https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/the-duke-of-wellington-the-man-with-a-cone-on-his-head Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:26:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4178 Carlo Marochetti’s equestrian statue of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, which resides over Royal Exchange ...

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]]> Toppling Statues: An Oxford Tradition https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/toppling-statues-an-oxford-tradition Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:38:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3726 A mirror for the Rhodes Must Fall protests, four centuries ago and just across the street.

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]]> Rhodes is not a Colossus https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/rhodes-is-not-a-colossus Mon, 15 Jun 2020 14:09:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3709 Rhodes wanted to be a colossus, and was described as such; yet his legacy, and ...

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