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A Window into Oxford’s Connections with Proslavery Politics

Ben Graham

Among the stained glass windows in the antechapel of Wadham College, Oxford, lie the arms …

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Book cover of the autobriography by Eric William, author of Capitalism and Slavery - portrait of the author on a red background, black and yellow title section.

Capitalism and Slavery: The View to and from Oxford

Emma Gattey

A review of a lecture on 31 October 2019 by Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor …

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Museum gallery lines with white statues on both sides, with benches in the middle. The White Lie: Questioning the Legacy of ‘Whitewashing’ Ancient Sculpture

The White Lie: Questioning the Legacy of ‘Whitewashing’ Ancient Sculpture

Lara Drew

Greek and Roman sculpture has always been considered a paradigm of art through the centuries. …

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Political cartoon depicting a Britich Workman huddling from the cold wind of Free trade, while his wife cries at home.

Why Brexit? Because Empire.

Paula Larsson

Imperial nostalgia is at the heart of the Brexit controversy.

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Statue of Dedan Kimathi in Nairobi, Kenya

Oxford and Colonial Atrocities: the Mau Mau Rebellion

Harriet Aldrich

Content warning: colonial violence and atrocities In 2011, four elderly Kenyans brought a celebrated legal …

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Logo of the Mandela Rhodes Foundation, featuring headshots of Cecil Rhodes and Nelson Mandela.

Cape to Cornered: A Mandela Rhodes scholar at Oxford

Chelsea Haith

Oxford and the legacy of Cecil John Rhodes are inextricably interconnected, we tell our tour …

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