Cecil Rhodes: Where we’re going, we don’t need Rhodes.
Thousands of protesters stood, knelt, and sat in solidarity at the Rhodes Must Fall protest …
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Inheriting the Mantle: Dedications and Dilemmas in the Ashmolean
The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford’s museum for art and archaeology. It describes …
Mushroom Clouds over the Dreaming Spires
Until recently, when contemplating a future of climate chaos, unaffordable housing, dystopian tech, xenophobic nationalism, …
Scolds, Witches, and Mouldy Jades: Women’s Words on Trial
In 1579, the civic leaders of early modern Oxford, the city corporation, decided to purchase …
From Gill Sans, to Sans Gill: The Controversy over the Work of Eric Gill
Content warning: Rape, sexual abuse On January 12, 2022, an activist used a ladder to …
The Haida Totem Pole: A First Nations Treasure in Oxford
The second article in our short series delving into the background of items in the …
Breaking the Prime Directive: The Pitt Rivers Phantoms
Introduction Within the Star Trek universe, humans are bound by the “Prime Directive” which forbids …
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 …
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 …
