Breaking the Prime Directive: The Pitt Rivers Phantoms
Introduction Within the Star Trek universe, humans are bound by the “Prime Directive” which forbids …
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Irish Nationalist, British Imperialist: The Uncomfortable Identities of Sir Michael O’Dwyer
“No man in the whole history of British rule in India has done such great …
Remembering Ann Crotchley, a Victim of Oxford’s Unsafe Streets
Content warning: sexual assault, violence against women On the night of Thursday 6 December 1827, …
Rebels with a Deer Park? Magdalen vs the Monarchy
On 8 June 2021, conservative news website Guido Fawkes broke the story that a student …
What’s in a Street Name? Questioning Florence Park’s Colonialist Legacy
This is a guest post by the Decolonising Florence Park project. Some street names are …
Abraham Lazarus: The Champion of Oxford’s Working Class
Who was Abraham Lazarus? Of the thousands of activists and leaders in the past century …
Stop the Squeal: Oxfordshire’s Dirty Election
In the year since rioters failed to nullify the 2020 US presidential election, commentators have …
‘Mint Julep Day’: Oxford’s South Carolinian Tradition
Content warning: slavery Every year, on the 1st of June, Mint Julep Day rolls around …
‘Anti-Vacers’: Vaccine Resistance in nineteenth-century Oxfordshire
The COVID-19 pandemic brought vaccine tensions to the forefront of public discourse. Oxford centred vividly …
Charlie Hutchison: Oxfordshire’s Forgotten Black Anti-Fascist
Born in Oxfordshire, Charlie Hutchison (1918-1993) led an extraordinary life as both a champion of …
Money, Matchdays, and the Maxwells: How Oxford Nearly Lost Its Football Club
For anyone who’s not a fan of the so-called ‘beautiful game’, the passions evoked by …
Proctors and Prostitutes: Policing Women at the University of Oxford
Until the late 1870s, the University of Oxford was an all-male institution, frequented by young …
