Politics & Power Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/politics-power Join an uncomfortable walking tour of Oxford Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:17:48 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/06/UnOx-logo-FINAL_Icon-Only_feb.svg Politics & Power Archives - Uncomfortable Oxford https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/category/politics-power 32 32 Richard III’s Restless Bones: in Death as in Life, the Lost King Causes Conflicts https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/richard-iiis-restless-bones-in-death-as-in-life-the-lost-king-causes-conflicts Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:17:45 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=9696 The Wars of the Roses have been replaced by the Wars of the Bones, fought by York and Leicester, and between amateurs and archaeologists.

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]]> A Portrait Attacked: Sectarianism on Cambridge Campus https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/balfours-painting-attacked-sectarianism-on-cambridge-university-campus Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:21:06 +0000 https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/?p=8513 A portrait of Arthur Balfour was attacked at Trinity College, Cambridge - But why?

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]]> Jewish History in York: The Pogrom at Clifford’s Tower https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/york-as-a-city-of-sanctuary-the-pogrom-at-cliffords-tower Sun, 16 Jul 2023 16:49:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3506 In 2016 York was granted the title ‘City of Sanctuary’ to celebrate the city’s ‘efforts ...

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]]> Oliver Cromwell: The Coronation That Wasn’t https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/the-coronation-that-wasnt Mon, 08 May 2023 08:42:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=3859 Today, the 8th of May, is a day with a fair deal of royal baggage. ...

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]]> Death, Taxes, and Other Uncertainties https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/death-taxes-and-other-uncertainties Sun, 29 Jan 2023 18:17:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=7133 In Oxford, the River Thames is reborn as the Isis, sharing its name with the ...

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]]> Irish Nationalist, British Imperialist: The Uncomfortable Identities of Sir Michael O’Dwyer https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/irish-nationalist-british-imperialist-the-uncomfortable-identities-of-sir-michael-odwyer Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:52:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6952 “No man in the whole history of British rule in India has done such great ...

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]]> Rebels with a Deer Park? Magdalen vs the Monarchy https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/rebels-with-a-deer-park-magdalen-vs-the-monarchy Fri, 04 Feb 2022 12:16:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6924 On 8 June 2021, conservative news website Guido Fawkes broke the story that a student ...

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]]> Stop the Squeal: Oxfordshire’s Dirty Election https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/stop-the-squeal-oxfordshires-dirty-election Sat, 08 Jan 2022 11:40:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=6898 In the year since rioters failed to nullify the 2020 US presidential election, commentators have ...

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]]> One Woman Against the Crown: Elizabeth Lilburne Rides to the Rescue https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/one-woman-against-the-crown-elizabeth-lilburne-rides-to-the-rescue Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:57:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=5637 One of the most famous and seemingly unique episodes in Oxford’s history is Queen Matilda’s ...

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]]> Sir John A. Macdonald: National Hero or Architect of Genocide? https://www.uncomfortableoxford.com/sir-john-a-macdonald-national-hero-or-architect-of-genocide Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:06:00 +0000 https://uncomfortableoxford.click/?p=4308 On Saturday August 29, 2020, Black Lives Matter and Indigenous Rights protestors unbolted and pulling ...

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